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[edit] Article introduction
The distinction made between actual and potential leadership seems fairly irrelevant to me. Anything that can be done can also be potentially done; this quality is in no way unique or peculiar to the quality of leadership; nor does it particularly serve to characterise the nature of leadership. Am I perhaps missing something, or is it just waffle?
Divided the previous material into three categories--1) Leadership as a position of authority, 2) Leadership by a group, and 3) Other. Added examples to illustrate the first two categories. Rednblu 09:38 13 Jul 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Perspective of leadership
IMHO, the front article has mainly dealt with
- Transformational perspective
- Competency perspective
It could be good if we mention something about these other perspectives
- Romance perspective
- Behavioral perspective
- Contingency perspective
Oh, and some guy Fred Fiedler that success of a leader depend on how well matched his natural leadership style matches the situation on hand, kind of go against the path-goal leadership theory. Some lame tools Leadership Grid may fall somewhere in the article
It might make more sense to lay the page out by the major schools of leadership theory:
- Trait/Skills
- Behavior
- Contingency
- Relational
- Principled
- Ethical
- Transformational/Transactional
Then move to leadership in an applied setting:
- Business settings
- Small Teams and Groups
- Military
- Political
[edit] Material removed
I have removed:
- "Yet other usages have a leadership which does not lead, but to which one simply shows respect (compare the courtesy title reverend)."
To have leadership without leading is an oxymoron. mydogategodshat 02:30, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
I have also removed:
- "such entities encourage their followers and believers to worship leadership, to respect it, and to strive to become proficient in it. Followers in such a situation may become uncritically obedient."
If these followers are becoming so proficient in leadership, how is it that they are also becoming uncritically obedient? mydogategodshat 02:41, 26 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Theories of Leadership
The Ronald Heifitz Lone Ranger comparison is incomplete.
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This section and some other apparently "self-created" sections mingle commercial leadership consultants in with theorists. Without debating the potential value of what Messrs. Carmazzi, Farr and others who have inserted links to their consulting home pages, these shameless self-promoters have blended themselves in with the likes of Burns, Heifetz, House and others who are genuine, reconized theoreticians in the field.
If you do split this page, please park these folks under something called Leadership Training or Consulting, and provide more nuanced analysis of the real scholarship in the field.
This page is at best a good start on the topic. The references at the end are both thin and out of date. 209.244.187.99 10:54, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] leaders
if the following is not in here anywhere, it should be: true leaders figure out how to motivate people toward the goal. they learn how to energize a team. if someone on the team gives a leader trouble the leader must not take it personally and must continue to figure out how to motivate the team member and how to energize persons by way of those persons' membership within a team. A leader's demeanor must be steady. a leader's authority is only truly undermined when he/she cannot effectively motivate the team toward the goal. TheBridge 07:24, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] History of Leadership
What's going on with these two sentences under the subheading Historical Views on Leadership?
"In the autocratic/paternalistic strain of thought, traditionalists recall the role of leadership of the Roman [[pater familias]]. feminist thinking, on the other hand, may damn such models as patriarchal and posit against them emotionally-attuned, responsive, and consensual empathetic guidance and matriarchies."
Is the bold type there for a reason to which I'm oblivious?
The sentence structure seems a little awkward and unclear.
Also, this sentence is incomplete:
"(Note that the Oxford English Dictionary traces the word "leadership" in English only as far back aant leadership]]."
[edit] Article length
Does anyone else think this article should be split into multiple articles on leadership? I think a history of leadership article and another on theories of leadership would make good splits. Thoughts? --Noetic Sage 04:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
ME AGREE LONGTIME
[edit] Ringleader
I'm not sure that "ringleader" ought to redirect to leadership. It seems more appropriate to redirect it to the article about Ringmasters, and perhaps acknowledge in the ringmasters article that the term "ringleader" can be used in a somewhat slang sense to describe any form of leader. Does anyone else agree? --65.28.73.99 03:41, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
I agree "ringleader" seems more to fit the definition of "Management" -Recon10096
[edit] Leadership Readiness
Leadership is a much written and talked about term. We have seen authors and management gurus talking about leadership styles, theories and even how great leaders worked to rise to the occasion to save the day for their nations. There are numerous articles and material available on internet as well. A simple search for the term “leadership” in Google will give you approximately 164,000,000 (164 million) results. So what is different about this course titled “Leadership Readiness” being taught at SZABIST (Karachi, Pakistan) for the first time by Mr. Wali Zahid? It is not about the above mentioned questions. It is about what it takes to become a leader. What factors are involved in shaping up a leader, in preparing him / her to take up the leadership role, getting him / her ready to be precise? It is a prologue to leadership or becoming a leader. In studying the various aspects of readiness and during various brainstorming sessions in class we have developed a leadership readiness model. These and other documents shall be posted on the blog specifically made for it. http://readiness.wordpress.com —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fnaik (talk • contribs) 21:58, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Leadership in primates
Someone needs to fix this section, Humans are equally related to both Chimps and Bonobos.
[edit] Leadership Selection
I feel there should be a comparative analysis of the way leaders are selected. "Leadership as a phase of life" should be brought together with elements describing charismatic leadership. Additionally, there should be a new sub-section describing arbitrary standards used in history (whoever is the tallest, drawing of straws, etc.)
-Leng
