How can leaders spark and sustain change in themselves and their organizations?
I devoted my doctoral research to this question and came up with an unconventional answer: metaphors. My co-author Richard Badham and I wrote about four of them in this HBR article: fire (representing ambition), snowball (accountability), movie (reflection) and mask (authenticity). Others include: master chef (use of tools and frameworks), coach (internal and external support) and Russian dolls (organizational context), which I covered in this blog post.
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