Enlightened Rebels recognize the need to question some of the long-accepted notions around leadership that are no longer relevant. They find better ways to lead and create inspired workplaces.

“Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.” is a well-known instruction from the board game Monopoly. In this post, we link it to the first guiding principle on our Enlightened Rebel Roadmap... Practice Facilitative Leadership. Without it, you won't make much progress.

Leadership can exist everywhere and anywhere. It's not associated with a position. Leaders are people who help us to change. They sometimes are those who occupy positions of power, but often they are not. Facilitative leadership is an attitude that anyone can practice.

Nick Petrie makes a case for moving beyond traditional approaches that emphasize horizontal (knowledge, skills, and competencies) leadership development. He argues that vertical development (thinking in more complex, systemic, and interdependent ways) is what’s increasingly needed in our VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world.