“Leadership Cocoons”: the Unseen Silk of Leadership

Schools traditionally operate under a meritocratic system. Those children who fulfil systemic merit deserving criteria are selected as leaders within the school system. Furthermore, it is these children who stand the best chance to gain access to leadership positions once they have left school. Their silk is seen and acknowledged. They have the track record that organisations look at as first selection criteria when they are looking to appoint school leavers with an eye on promotion to leadership positions. This article specifically looks at the issues and develops them in terms of the metaphor of ‘the silk of leadership’.

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