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Beyond Tenure: Cultivating Dynamic Leadership Through Merit and Young Talent

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TOPIC CONTRIBUTOR  SOWMIYA R. I. Introduction: Redefining Leadership in the Modern Era The Traditional View: Seniority as a Primary Leadership Determinant Historically, the allocation of leadership roles and associated privileges, including the distribution of discretionary year-end bonuses, has often been intrinsically linked to seniority. 1 Seniority, in this context, is simply defined as the duration an individual has served in a particular position or within an organization. 1 This traditional system was largely predicated on the belief that accumulated experience inherently translated into greater expertise and competence. 3 This historical reliance on seniority reflects an organizational paradigm where stability, the accumulation of tacit knowledge, and long-term loyalty were considered paramount. This model implicitly operated under the assumption that the pace of change within industries and markets was sufficiently slow for experience to consistently remain the most valu...