Guru of Gurus
@article{TeoDixon2007GuruOG, title={Guru of Gurus}, author={Grace Teo-Dixon and Nanette Monin}, journal={Journal of Management Inquiry}, year={2007}, volume={16}, pages={17 - 6} }
Since management theorizing began, a trend that clearly separates managers into a hierarchy of leader-managers has emerged: “Leaders” are now perceived as higher order managers, and “bad” managers are now called “managers,” and “good managers” are called leaders. The authors suggest that management and leadership theory have already moved from the naming of managers to the designation of the select few as leaders of managers and that a leader of leaders or an ultimate leader will debut…
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