To all appearances, every aspect of this particular focus group's life, from inception to final product, was collaborative. Second, it became clear during the final KLSP meeting that complete convergence among leadership scholars is not possible or desirable. This is not by any means to say there is no meeting of the minds. In this regard the evolution of KLSP has clearly made a difference. Four years after the group first met, members of KLSP have agreed to disagree in ways that are less threatening and more open-and more likely in the future to generate good work both individually and collectively.
Participants do, of course, continue to share certain basic assumptions.
They include the following, which seem obvious to most of us, but are clearly far less obvious to the overwhelming majority of our academic colleagues. Leaders matter-a lot. Followers matter as much. Leaders and followers working together can create change. Context matters-a lot.