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Purpose of Leadership

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This chapter discusses our basic understanding of leadership in product engineering: leadership aims to shape and secure the future and strengthen the community.

We present a simple model for reflection on one’s own leadership behavior, which accompanies us through all leadership situations.

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Jantzer, M., Nentwig, G., Deininger, C., Michl, T. (2020). Purpose of Leadership. In: The Art of Engineering Leadership. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60384-0_2

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