In the beginning, let’s be clear that no technique, level of power, process, position etc., etc., etc., can build anyone a powerful career without first being a person of impeccable character. Without a foundation of ethics, you will be unable to build anything. OK that’s the disclaimer, now what is this technique?

There are many critical thinkers who have literally changed the world. A few examples are, Edwin Hubble, discovering that galaxies are expanding. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his “I have a dream speech” that still resonates and has impact after 50 years. Simone de Beauvoir arguing for the individuality and voice for women. And Madame C.J. Walker who was the first female black self-made millionaire. What have what these people did have to do with team and career building and how is critical thinking critical to both?

If you like to do research, leadership is one of those topics that can take you down as many rabbit holes as you care to pursue. Opinions about what leadership is, how to lead, what leadership looks like, and if you are leading correctly are no different. In ancient times, kings, monarchs, and rulers were in vogue with the term leader (for us common people) arriving in the 19^th century. Today Organizational Leadership and its numerous facets are the focus. So why a sphere of leadership?