大象传媒

Entrepreneur Natalie Campbell investigates the consequences of our modern obsession with leadership.

Countless books, courses and speakers reflect on leadership. But perhaps the obsession is actually covering up a deeper anxiety - that leadership is in question.

Everyone wants to understand what makes leaders tick - the charismatic ones, the retiring ones, the crooked ones. In an era of flatter, networked organisations, leadership roles are often more ambiguous. There is a sense that leadership is in short supply in society and business.

By contrast, the counterpart of leadership goes unmentioned. Is there such a thing as followership?

Natalie investigates our changing idea of leadership and and asks what it means to be a follower. How does gender and ethnicity affect these concepts? Are our assumptions about leaders and followers holding us back?

Presenter: Natalie Campbell
Producer: Heidi Pett
A Somethin' Else production for Radio 4.