Category — Theories

In the last article for “The ABC of Leadership Theories” I’m reviewing the LMX and Transformational Leadership Theories.

Part II of the Leadership Theories overview deals with Situational Leadership, the Contingency Theory and the Path Goal Theory.

When you learn to read and write, first thing you do is to learn the ABC. This is the ABC for the Leadership Theories. Part one of a 3 part series deals with Traits, Skills and Style Leadership.

Sometimes a simple representation can help you to explain your world. Well this is my view of leadership. What do you think?

After reviewing the most important leadership motivation theories in parts I & II of the series, we take a look a the possible application for what we’ve learnt.

Process Content Theories and Reinforcement Theories complete the The Leadership and Motivation Theories series. Check out the Equity, Expectancy and Goal Setting Theories along with the Reinforcement Theory.

This is the first of a 3-part article series that deals with Motivation Theories and their impact on leadership. I’m exposing the Content Motivation Theories: Hierarchy of Needs, Two Factor, and Acquired needs theories.

The last article of the Leadership Studies that has covered the most important theories and approches about leadership that we know about.

Understanding the role of leadership in a team is essential to set a foundation to develop models and structures to improve performance of the teams. Check it here.

Learn about Transformational Leadership, based on the works by J.M. Burns, and B.M. Bass, and the difference between transactional and transformational Leadership.

The LMX Leadership Theory challenged the conception of the relationship of the leader towards the group that was so popular in the 1970s. Learn how.

Learn about this leadership theory, that was proposed in the 1970s. In essence the theory states that leaders have to motivate subordinates in order to make them achieve goals.

There are several theories or approaches to Leadership that can be treated as “contingency theories”. Learn about the most important ones here.

The situational leadership approach is one of the most well known approaches in leadership Theory. It was developed by Paul Hersey and Kenneth Blanchard in 1969.

The third approach in the Leadership Studies is the Leadership style approach. While the Leadership Traits Approach took into account the personality of the leader, and the Leadership skills approach takes into account the knowledge and abilities that the leader has, the Leadership Style approach focus its attention on the Leader’s Behavior.
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The second approach in the Leadership studies is the Leadership SKILLS APPROACH. While the Traits Approach took into account the personality of the leader, the Leadership skills approach takes into account the knowledge and abilities that the leader has. Underlying is then, the notion that a leader can be made. A leader can learn certain skills [...]

This is the first article of a series that covers the most important approaches and theories about leadership. This series start with the trait approach, will continue with the skills approach, style approach, situational, contingency theories and so on, all the way down to transformational leadership. It’s an extension based on the Introduction to Leadership Approaches and Theories article.

Leadership has been defined in many ways. I’ve collected some definitions from scholars and researchers. Read on…