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Use the History of Leadership to Lead Better Today

Mark Sanborn

Later theories emphasized the behavior of leaders, including the contrast of task-oriented and people-oriented styles. This theory emphasizes the importance of leaders being humble, ethical, and compassionate, and places a strong emphasis on the leader’s role in developing and empowering their followers. Disagree with?

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Strengths-Based Leadership Theory

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Strengths-Based Leadership Theory (also known as Strengths-Based Organizational Management or SBOM) is a method of maximizing the efficiency, productivity, and success of an organization by focusing on and continuously developing the strengths of organizational resources, such as computer systems, tools, and people. Why Theory.

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Style Theory

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Blake and Mouton ran with this idea, developing a model for training leaders that describes leadership behaviors as plots on a grid with two axes: concern for results (task behaviors) and concern for people (relationship behavior). In addition to enhancing understanding of leadership, style theory is supported by a large body of research.