Limitations
A clear and significant limitation of this paper is the small number of interviewees on which the paper is based. However, it is our belief that the paper has begun to reveal the personal journeys of leaders as they develop – and the value of this approach. As a result we believe that our work will serve to generate further research in this vein and to highlight its potential pragmatic value. In addition we note that an alternative approach could have been adopted in the presentation of this research – one that explores the development journey of individual leaders in the form of coherent and in-depth narratives.