Professionalizing Leadership

"Professionalizing Leadership" explores the current state of leadership development, highlighting its shortcomings and the lack of a structured, recognized profession comparable to medicine or law. The book examines the contrast between leadership as an occupation and a true profession and considers how adopting rigorous standards, as seen in the military, could elevate leadership practice. Drawing on military principles, Barbara Kellerman offers insights into how leadership education could fundamentally transform to meet higher professional standards.