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A more in-depth look at the “Great Man Theory”
Leadership in one word!
The argument as to “who should be the leader” has reached an over boiling point in our society because of the increasing number of trends as well as different perspectives that people are having. By writing in this article I neither confirm nor deny with the “Great Man Theory”, but I think that it is something to take in consideration as well as something that more people should be aware of.
An introduction to the theory
Around the start of the 19th century, a British writer by the name of Thomas Carlyle has been working on analyzing different perspectives on universal history and from most of his work he has seen a correlation between different leaders through time and world that has inspired him to create the “Great Man Theory” in 1840. The theory refers to all leaders are born with specific traits that cannot be developed or gained and this has been seen in Thomas Carlyle’s work as he has found out a lot of the behaviour that leaders have manifested has some sort of similarity that brings followers together. He insists that leaders will be the ones coming forwards first with no hesitation as they have innate qualities and are destined to lead.
A better look at leadership
