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There are many leaders, not just one. Leadership is distributed. It resides not solely in the individual at the top, but in every person at every level who, in one way or another, acts as a leader to a group of followers - wherever in the organization that person is, whether shop steward, team head, or CEO.

— Richard Boyatzis

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Understanding the concept of competency is a prerequisite to understanding his integrated model of management.

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