With so many articles, research and academic papers dedicated to the art of leadership, I ask myself, can you really train people in leadership? There is individual leadership and organisational leadership, authoritarian and democratic, situational and contingency theories, task or relationship oriented, trait and charismatic and then there is laissiz faire.
I view leadership as a social influence, the ability to motivate others to achieve goals, these may be organisational or team goals and are exhibited at all levels of the organisation. Can leadership be learnt in classes? Absolutely leadership can be, with modern delivery methods one doesn't even need to sit in a traditional classroom but learnt online.
Much has been written about transformational and transactional leadership theories. Then there is charismatic leadership, whilst trait leadership has pretty much been outdated and disproved, the cult of the CEO is currently the order of the day. What we do know is leadership is power and the personal values displayed has a positive effect on the team.
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