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Use the History of Leadership to Lead Better Today

Mark Sanborn

During the 20th century, researchers began to focus on the situational context of leadership leading to the development of contingency theories which suggest that different leadership styles are effective in different situations. Which of those theories do you agree with? Disagree with?

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Transformational Leadership Theory

LDRLB

James MacGregor Burns first introduced the concepts of transformational leadership when studying political leaders, but this term is now used when studying organizations as well. Burns described two leadership styles: transactional and transformational. It also solidified the need to study followers in leadership research.

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14 Leadership Studies – Quick Overview of Leadership

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PARTICIPATIVE LEADERSHIP THEORY. The id ea of a participative leadership style arises from the work of Dr. Rensis Likert in 1967. Likert proposed several types of leadership styles including exploitative authoritative, benevolent authoritative, consultative, and participative.