Leadership Theories: A Reflective Discussion

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Introduction:
This research paper aims to contact of a brief discussion about leadership theories.
Therefore the leadership theories will be described briefly. Six types of leadership theories
exist in this research paper; every leadership theory journals will be presented in a brief
reflective manner. The six type of leadership theories are the great man theory, trait theory,
behavioural theories, contingency theories, transactional leadership theories transformational
leadership theories. However, the six types of leadership theories will be comprised
reflectively by defining their journals in a way to describe my leadership style, describing the
organisational factors that can either assist or inhibit myself from being an effective leader,
what should I do to develop myself and my leadership skills. Therefore, the three key points
will be reflected in every leadership journal's reflective discussion to make a valid point and
to make an individual reflective journal that can explore people culture and its contemporary
leadership theories as well as concepts that can cover new way of leadership theories
comprised in a reflective manner that can be applied to assist own professional development.
However, the discussion will be conducted in six different leadership journal reviews
reflective manner in the later part off the research paper.
Discussion:
1. The Great Man Theory:
I think that the origin of the great man theory and how this theory greatly influences
the people as well as the academic leadership literature to date. In this research paper, I will
present the leadership style I believe as well as that exercise in collaborative and exclusive
activities that can be most effective. If I have a chance to lead, I can be confident that I would
be a great leader to perform collaboratively and exclusively. Later, I was surprised, by
knowing that it is the way of great man tendency of leadership style. Therefore the purpose of

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the great man theory is to focus on the great leaders such as Winston Churchill, Mahatma
Gandhi, and so on. These people have performed as a great man, and the great man was born
out of aristocracy. As I have read the journal, the great man always came from the lower and
middle-class families given the opportunity to be a leader. However, the confidence and the
positivity the leaders possessed, such as Napoleon Bonaparte, he was said to be a born leader
through his leadership qualities.
The great man theory, however, perceived to be derived from the trait theory of
leadership. Great man theory features that in the early times, the leaders were mostly male
and the researchers as well. Therefore this theory presents a golden opportunity by creating
and androcentric bias in the leadership theories. In this theory, I observed the leaders look act
and give their leadership skills to make fundamental changes by their intelligence,
adjustment, extroversion, masculinity and dominance as well.
2. Trait Theory:
I think that the Trait Theory has begun from the habitable patterns related thoughts
behaviour actions feelings and emotions that can determine and individuals perspective to
make relative and consistent ways the taking part in the situations with time. Leadership itself
is a unique as well as debatable topic, if I perform s treat leadership believer I will express
my personality traits as a quality and characteristic related to complex patterns of thoughts
emotions and behavioural approach of me to distinctive, stable situations of a group of
people, place, community or nation. The trait theory is an approach to identify and measure to
study the personality of a human being as I have convinced by reading the journal. Therefore
the development of personality traits is one of the very behavioural changes human being to
be anxious shy having thoughts will lead to being an optimist pessimist that varies from
person to person.