Galton's Hereditary Genius。In his theory,he denify leadership as a unique property of extraordinary individuals whose decisions are capable of sometimes radically changing the streams of history. But in our work or in our life,leadership not only about changing history. The significant is much more broader.In his difinition,it's too narrow. Whereas his theoy provid a basic model in leadership research.
The second significant point in this theory is that grounds the unique attributes of such individuals in their inherited or genetic makeup. It means leadership can't be fostered. It's too sweeping. Each need to be accuratly proved on sufficient study.For example,honesty is a significant trait to perform leadership,it's depands on a person's growth enviornment
Zhen, I totally agree with your posts on the idea of trait based leadership theories. There are so many types of leadership and you can't just say that leadership is about changing history. There are leadership positions on all levels in the world that are important and make a difference. Also I believe traits such as honesty will depend on the persons growth environment and where they come from.No hardcore scientific evidence proves that it is inherited.
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