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The typical image of a successful leader is a dominant, perhaps charismatic, personality who commandeers meetings and then acts and speaks decisively, laying out strategies and tactics to be followed by others in the organization. There is, though, a type of leader who is quiet in the literal sense—a man or woman who leads through silence. Virtually no attention has been paid to this group of leaders. This paper studies leaders of silence as well as leaders of speech with a view to (1) uncovering certain presuppositions we have uncritically adopted when thinking about leadership, especially ethical leadership; and (2) identifying tensions between the Greek and Roman paradigms of leadership that those of us in the West have inherited and often uncritically embrace without realizing differences in these paradigms.

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Leaders of Speech, Leaders of Silence: How Do They Differ, and Are They Equally Effective?

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    2026年

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  • Daryl Koehn

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The typical image of a successful leader is a dominant, perhaps charismatic, personality who commandeers meetings and then acts and speaks decisively, laying out strategies and tactics to be followed by others in the organization. There is, though, a type of leader who is quiet in the literal sense—a man or woman who leads through silence. Virtually no attention has been paid to this group of leaders. This paper studies leaders of silence as well as leaders of speech with a view to (1) uncovering certain presuppositions we have uncritically adopted when thinking about leadership, especially ethical leadership; and (2) identifying tensions between the Greek and Roman paradigms of leadership that those of us in the West have inherited and often uncritically embrace without realizing differences in these paradigms.