Going for GOLD: Leadership development through a quasi-non-executive board in the SME context

Barnes, Stewart, Smith, Susan orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-3152-2149 and Kempster, Steve (2017) Going for GOLD: Leadership development through a quasi-non-executive board in the SME context. In: Leadership Development Field Guide. Edward Elgar Publishing. ISBN 978 1 78536 990 2

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Abstract

This chapter uses the dynamic of being a non-executive director (NED) as a process for leadership development. Of significance is the context. The participants are owner-managers of growing businesses. Their context is demanding but also isolating from the lifeblood of leadership development – a variety of contexts, a variety of ‘leaders’ to observe and a variety of demanding inter-personal challenges. The process we explore in this chapter is the leadership learning enabled by participating in a peer learning community as a NED theorising it as a community of practice. In particular, we look at how owner-managers stretch their leadership capacity and confidence by engaging in a year long journey as non-executive directors.


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