Read the following excerpt from an article(Links to an external site.) in Nonprofit Quarterly by Cyndi Suarez and then answer the questions below.

Recently, as I was doing a Q+A session with a cohort of nonprofit leaders of color who are reading my bookThe Power Manual, one woman said to me, "Some of us were a bit triggered when we were reading your book. We felt that some of your ideas about personal power were magical thinking! I mean, we need to focus on systemic racism."

The underlying assumption is that magical thinking is unrealistic, and that developing personal power is not a critical part of social change work.

There are (at least) two types of work to be done now: work at the edge creating the new forms leaders are asking for, and the work of leading organizations. Not only do we need to fund and build out the visioning/creative/imagination space (the support groups aren't enough), we need the link between these to be stronger, so that instead of triggering, visions of a better world can inspire more visionary leadership and work.

Part A: Given what you have learned about the different aspects of leadership, what type of leadership is the author advocating for and how does that leadership work? (Explain purpose of the theory and how it works.)

Part B: According to LMX, why can't leaders treat all their followers the same? Explain the premise of LMX and the three types of relationships. If the author of the excerpt had to recommend one of the types of relationship (from the LMX theory), which type would she likely recommend and why?