Definition: Leaders are born, not made and great leaders will arise when there is a great need.
Application: There is not a manual on what it takes to be a good leader, good leaders have taught us over time what it looks like, but many can't explain how to get there. Finding leaders in the community usually isn't very difficult if there are community leaders. The leaders are known and easily accessible. Great leaders are engaged an invested in their teams, orgs and communities.
Adaptation: Grooming great men takes time, and the experiences growing up help build great men. Examples of great men to me would be Barack Obama, Bo Schembechler and Martin Luther King Jr.
Source: James, W. 2005 [1880]. Great Men and Their Environment. Kila, MT: Kessinger Publishing
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Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Great man theory
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