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Use the History of Leadership to Lead Better Today

Mark Sanborn

The earliest leadership theories focused on traits and characteristics of leaders, such as intelligence, physical strength, and charisma. Later theories emphasized the behavior of leaders, including the contrast of task-oriented and people-oriented styles. One size rarely fits all.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

CO2

Carlyle believed that history could largely be explained through the actions of “great men,” individuals who he believed exerted high levels of influence over others through their inborn charisma, intelligence, wisdom, or drive for power. PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY. CONTINGENCY THEORY OF LEADERSHIP.