If we identify them as ad hoc leaders then we have to understand that they tend to be self-selected far more often than they would be in a traditional organization. They emerge in the natural course of business. Like everything else, leadership is the thing that people do wherever and whenever it is needed.
De-jobbed organization's leaders are responsible for generating and delivering the resources needed by the working units in the organization - simply a different tool for a different task.
Because the leadership required by the de-jobbed organization is "softer" and more diffused than that needed by the traditional organization, it sometimes assumes as though such an organization is leaderless. But it is not. The de-jobbed organization is going to require more leaders and leaders with more sophisticated skills, not the opposite.
However, as you can imagine, an organization such as this will attract people whose temperaments and personal values make them this kind of leader by nature. Better have a plan that provides some nurturing and leadership development to sustain this incredible approach to leadership in the future.
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