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Skills Theory

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Finally, the majority of data used to construct the skills model was taken from the military, meaning its applicability to general organizations questionable. Intro to Leadership Theory. Why Theory. A Word on Theory. Trait Theory. Skills Theory. Style Theory. Contingency Theory.

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Why Theory?

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This is where theory comes in. Leadership and organizational theories are constructed and tested by examining not just the successes but also the failures. Good and bad leaders, successful and failing change efforts, all get included in the analysis and the resulting theories spare us from our survivorship bias.