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Introducing •
theories
Core principles underlying leadership
development in developing countries,
JANUARY 2007
A complement to the Resource Corner…
This Short Paper is intended to complement
the Resource Corner initiative of UNDP-SNV
And many examples of good leadership and 3. The Situational Theory on leadership
recipient of the Nobel Laureate for his work 5. Servant-based Theory on leadership
with Grameen Bank) is one of the most well 6. Team Leadership (Informal Leadership)
of the poor in Bangladesh regain their dignity century, the Traits theory on leadership
and given them the opportunity to help basically explained leadership through the
themselves. But Grameen Bank is only one study of traits and personality type exhibited
example (albeit a spectacular one) of many by the individual leader, e.g. physical vitality
examples of good leadership across the and stamina, intelligence, keenness to accept
In the coming sections we provide a quick group (e.g. followers) reaction to him/her. A
overview of some traditional theories on second weakness was its lack of reference to
leadership, and then consider some of the non-Western societies and cultures.
Many models and theories on leadership towards their followers. This resulted in a set
exist, and this sometimes means that it can of ‘styles’ of leadership - ‘concern for task’,
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See the suggestion for further reading at the
end of this section.
6. LEADERSHIP IN DEVELOPMENT:
EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE
ONE MAN’S CHANGE OF HABIT CHANGES
The training also helped him realise that PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVE: LEADERSHIP
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