Rethinking Leadership in an Information Era

Rethinking Leadership in an training Era
By Anthony V. Zampella,
Founding manager/CEO, Center for Transformational Leadership, Inc. azampella@ctlnetwork.org
Assistant Professor, Mercy College, Master of Science organisational Leadership (MSOL) Program

© 2004 by Anthony V. Zampella. All rights reserved. Permission required by author for any (whole or partial document) duplication or transmission.
Special acknowledgement and recognition: Kathy Szaj, adjunct capability of the Manhattan MSOL Program, for redaction and clarifying the thoughts herein.

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Rethinking Leadership in an Information Era
Introduction: A Leadership Inquiry
For more than two decades, I have had the privilege to observe and work with inspirational leaders, and Ive also had huge opportunities to lead, fail and to learn a great deal about leadership. First, as publisher of a each week gay and lesbian newsmagazine, I observed the medias upcountry workings. During that time, I also engaged many community activists, which expand my view of leadership, within grassroots movements and community organizing.



I was taken with(p) by how communities formed to serve, especially during the nascent AIDS crisis, and how leadership emerged as vital in responding to life and death issues. Then, as an appointed city commissioner, I worked within the political process, which include interacting with congressional members, council members, state legislators, lobbyists, mayors and political operatives. These experiences, coupled with consulting both in politics and business, exposed me to many business and industry leaders. Finally, a foray into academia landed me on two informative boards to trustees and administrators, where I observed both elected and appointed administrators and faculty at universities and colleges. This academic realm is where I subsequently became in overflowing immersed. Within each realm, I observed two diaphanous forms of what I considered leadership: those...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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