Question: Keith Grint (2005b) argues that we need to learn how to lead without authority. He also says that seeing leaders as gifted, charismatic, or inspirational

Keith Grint (2005b) argues that we need to learn how to lead without authority. He also says that seeing leaders as ‘gifted’, ‘charismatic’, or ‘inspirational’ promotes the assumption that the role of followers is to comply with the demands of the leader—that is, not to be responsible: ‘This is fine providing the leader is an accomplished miracle-worker; in which case all we need to do is dig a lake for the boss to walk across on a daily basis.’ If the leader fails, what is needed is ‘responsible followers’ to voice their dissent if they think that the leader was wrong. More recently he has argued that we are likely to be addicted to command (Grint, 2010). 

Do you think that there is something in this argument?

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