The System Behind Leadership: How Sound Judgement, Authority and Organisational Capacity Are Created in a More Complex World.
Helena Demuynck
The System Behind Leadership
Leadership is often framed as an individual question involving confidence, competence, presence and resilience. Yet what a leader can actually exercise is also shaped by mandate, decision rights, sponsorship, stakeholder expectations and organisational capacity.
The System Behind Leadership offers a systemic perspective on authority and decision-making in complex organisations. Although it is not a book specifically about women’s leadership, it speaks directly to a reality many women leaders encounter: responsibility and visibility can increase without equivalent authority, sponsorship or structural support.
Understanding those conditions helps move the conversation beyond personal deficiency and towards the systems in which leadership is exercised.
The book is now available in print and kindle:
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