How to Effectively Lead and Be Led in the 21st Century...
Until recent decades, leadership was very hierarchical. Hierarchical organizations are where people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. In these systems, leadership and authority resembled a pyramid with all of the power at the top. The bottom portion of the pyramid is the general worker with little or no authority. However, the past decade or so has seen a flattening of the leadership and authority pyramid (although many organization remain hierarchical).
