It is the stuff of generals who outwit their opponents, politicians who convince and channel groups into action, and people who take control of a crisis. Many of the images associated with leadership have their roots in conflict. When you look at organising events it’s somebody who’s got what is termed as ‘leadership qualities’, they are people who are willing to tell other people what to do but have the respect of other people as well, or gain that respect. Perhaps they have a sense of humour, they like their style. I think there are particular people that others will follow, for whatever reason. transformational approaches to leadership.situational or contingency approaches to leadership.From there they turn to more recent, ‘transformational’ theories and some issues of practice. In particular they look at earlier approaches to studying the area via the notions of traits and behaviours, and to what has become known as contingency theory. Smith explore some of the classical models of leadership. | flickr ccby2 licence What is leadership? Here Michele Erina Doyle and Mark K.
