The Leadership Gap
Chapter 1 of the Obolensky text begins with a reflective exercise. Create a reflection blog that responds to the questions asked in this exercise. Additionally, while we live in a world with more information about leadership and leadership practices why is it that we have an apparent gap in the quality of our leaders and how do you think we can close this gap? Obolensky (2014) poses three questions for us to consider. A) Has your attitude to leaders changed in your life, and if how so? B) If we take as a starting point the attitude toward those in authority/leaders as held by our elders through generation until today, is there a changing trend? If so, what is it? C) Why do you think this has occurred. From a personal standpoint, my attitude has changed greatly as I have progressed and experienced leaders through various stages of life. To start, I have a better appreciation of how those in leadership positions must handle and process all the information that com