Changing the Game: Developing a New Lexicon for Leadership

In the current essay, we put forth a vision of exercising leadership that anticipates a significant shift in leader–follower relationships. We explore three interrelated dimensions: the context for leadership, leadership as a collective response to challenges, and how progress is understood and measured. Finally, we envision the role and relationship of leaders and followers and what it takes to develop leadership in this way. We see a future where the leader–follower distinction gradually disappears and is replaced by a lexicon that articulates a new set of leadership competencies. These new leadership practices emerge from a global research program that is focused on large‐scale leadership development initiatives.