🚨 The Leadership Revolution Already Happened — We Just Didn’t Notice

Two decades ago, Chad Carson in an article in Management Decision asked a bold question: What if we stopped obsessing over “leadership” and focused on empowerment instead?

The call was simple: Shift the energy from dissecting the mystique of leadership to building environments where people lead themselves. Funny thing is… we’re still having that conversation.
Scroll LinkedIn today and you’ll see the same old debates:
🗣 “What makes a great leader?”
🗣 “How can leaders inspire more?”
🗣 “Is leadership born or made?”

Meanwhile — the world changed behind our backs: Hybrid teams. Async collaboration. Decentralized decision-making. Empowerment became the default, not the exception.

So yes, the dialogue hasn’t moved much. But the practice? It has. Leaving leadership didn’t come with banners -it came in quiet shifts — in trust, autonomy, and ownership.

What's next? Catching our language up to our reality.
🔁 Let’s talk: If leadership isn’t what it used to be… what is it now?