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The frontline: A new focus for learning about leadership

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posted on 2024-07-09, 19:08 authored by Nita Cherry
Are there new lessons to be learned from frontline leaders and teams who regularly work under conditions of emergency and complexity? Commentators have observed that much existing leadership thinking in the management literature has been preoccupied with the contributions and capabilities of upper and middle managers in corporate settings. By drawing on contemporary thinking and some recent data about leadership in emergencies and at the frontline, this paper highlights the contributions that the sector can make to the understanding of 21st Century leadership more generally. But it also suggests some ways in which frontline leadership might usefully be refreshed if it is to withstand the relentless pressure of working in that complex space.

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1324-1540

Journal title

Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Volume

29

Issue

2

Pagination

3 pp

Publisher

Emergency Management Australia

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Copyright © 2014. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0).

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eng

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