Do you have a personal approach to leadership?
Is it founded on solid principles?
Can you communicate it easily to your direct reports?
No matter how you answer these questions, it’s important to base your leadership philosophy on well-researched models. Toward this end, I put together this Ultimate Guide to Leadership Concepts. I went back 150 years to the beginning of the formal study of leadership and pulled together the most significant leadership theories that have been published to date.
In reading them, you will get an idea of 1) the essence of the concept, 2) primary references if you want to go deeper, and 3) the people most responsible for developing and popularizing the concept.
The concepts are laid out in rough chronological order so that you can get an idea of the evolution of leadership research.
At the end of the guide, you’ll find several worksheets to help you crystallize your learning and incorporate it into your personal leadership approach.
Enjoy the guide…I hope it helps you crystallize or improve your own leadership approach.