In an article published in the Financial Times on 23/10/06 Prof Mintzberg writes:”We have this obsession with “leadership”. It’s intention may be to empower people , but its effect is often to disempower them. By focusing on the single person....leadership becomes part of the syndrome of individuality that is ....undermining organisations
The complete article, written by Deborah Ancona can be found
here (requires FT subscription):