Abstract | Investment in, and awareness of, leadership development and its importance have increased significantly in recent decades. Despite this, tangible progress has been patchy. Based on an extensive research, this article argues that such a disparity becomes less of a surprise if one analyses data on organizational climate, compared with that for individuals; and explores the mindsets that underpin common approaches to organisational management. The 6 Box Leadership diagnostic system has been developed on the basis of many years of interdisciplinary research to enable organisations to discover hidden strengths and weaknesses in the areas of Culture, Relationships, Individuals, Strategy, Systems and Processes, and move towards leadership based on collaborative culture, purpose and autonomy. This article presents research background to the 6 Box Leadership Model and associated diagnostic tool, it discusses its diagnostics capability, and it provides an example of data patterns obtained from three case studies. The results show that scores for organisational culture are lagging behind scores for an individual mindset, which may explain the slow implementation of the emerging leadership practices in organisations. |
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