Part 2/5 of the Power Dynamics Series As you learn and elevate your leadership knowledge, the stages of leadership theory may seem to come very naturally and without much evolution. They may even feel extraordinarily severed from practice. However, as you may have already come to suspect, leadership theory is inextricably linked with the state of the world, even if it’s primarily discussed in artificial environments. To level set, we can think of leadership in a typical role-

A lot of leadership theory—and the way we view leadership—boils down to how we perceive power dynamics. How leaders hold power over followers. How followers “influence up.” The fine line between managers and leaders. Our relationship with leaders is deeply tied to how we define them. And that definition shapes how we interact with them. It also shapes what we expect from our leaders—and how we ourselves become leaders. This makes it vitally important to consider how language