Greatman

Great man theory is conceptual theory based on leaders are not made they are born with favorable traits and qualities which permit them to overcome obstacles and be successful leaders. Great leaders have faith, self-confidence, and persistence, seek challenges instead of the easy route, and are optimist. They are natural leaders with charisma and wisdom and intuition. They have no formal training and surface during crisis such as war. Only men were able to lead and gender bias makes this a weakness for the theory. Also there isn’t any scientific evidence for this theory instead there is research stating leadership can be taught through training. This theory in a work setting for example Steve Jobs was fired from Apple but later brought back in and his inventions made the company success. I think Steve Jobs was a great leader and I am very thankful for his invention as I can not live with out my iPhone. Another example in work setting would a son of an executive taking over his position due to his connection. This doesn’t mean he is fit for the position; there can be someone else who is better qualified. An example of a great man theory leader would be Adolph Hitler. I think as a leader he was successful. He was able to manage and have charisma, persistence of his people he created fear yet no one tried to rebel. Now I don’t agree with what he accomplished was ethical one bit but as a leader he accomplished what he wanted.

Behavioral leadership Theory is that leaders are made and not born. This is the opposite of Great man theory. The idea that a leaders success is grounded from how they behave. This theory focuses on the behavior of a leader and not state of mind. You can learn to be a leader by observation, training, being coached and being evaluated. Ambition, energy, desire to lead, honesty, integrity, self-confidence, intelligence, high self-monitoring, all can be taught to a behavioral leader. A limitation of behavioral leadership theory is that there are...