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The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Leading with Passion

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Leading With Passion – What It Means, Why It Matters, Cam Caldwell, Comfort O. Okpala Jul 2022

Leading With Passion – What It Means, Why It Matters, Cam Caldwell, Comfort O. Okpala

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This ability to care, or to lead with passion, has increasingly been identified as a quality of today’s leaders and has been cited as an essential condition precedent for successful organizations (Duckworth, 2018; Love, 2012; Collins, 2001). Understanding the role of passion in in building strong relationships has practical benefits for both leaders and followers. The focus of this paper was to identify key elements of passion that contribute to effective leadership and to explain why leading with passion is so important in today’s highly competitive business climate. The authors provided eight elements or qualities that are critical to leading …