The Secret Behind Good Leadership

The Secret Behind Good Leadership - "Theories of what makes a good leader can be divided into three main categories. The most traditional model, dominant up to the late 1940s, posits that the personality of the leader is the most important factor in his or her success; the character traits of great men and women are studied for clues to what made them effective. The second model, which emerged in reaction to the fascist leaders of the 1930s, suggests that leadership success should not be measured by the amount of influence a leader has over followers, but instead by the moral outcome of a leader’s actions; “good” leadership is “democratic”; “bad”, authoritarian." (Financial Times)