Leadership: the men and women who shape our industry

Simon Chadwick

This paper, based on podcasts with leaders past and present, examines what is generally defined as marking out a leader and how (if at all) the leaders that have shaped the research industry conform to that definition.

Leadership: the men and women who shape our industry

Simon ChadwickCambiar, United States

SUMMARY

What is it that defines a successful leader in the research industry?

In this paper, based on a series of podcasts with leaders past and present, we examine what it is that is generally defined as marking out a leader and how (if at all) the leaders that have shaped our industry conform to that definition.

Using taxonomies developed by a variety of academics (and especially that developed by Pitcher), we conclude that leaders of the research industry conform to two categories of leadership –...

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