Pattern

Leadership Reproduces Itself

A group has settled on visible leadership habits—what gets rewarded, what gets punished, what gets ignored. People read those habits as personal style and as the local picture of “how things work here.” That picture travels. - Copying is faster than being taught step by step - People credit what they can see, not hidden setup - New members learn from example before they learn from rules - What gets rewarded and repeated is what gets copied People copy leadership habits and norms. That shapes how the next round of leaders forms. "Watch what gets praised in public—that's what people will imitate. Leadership reproduces itself through what last looked…