The document discusses various theories and perspectives on leadership, including:
- Trait theories that focus on innate qualities that differentiate leaders from non-leaders.
- Behavioral/style theories that examine what leaders do rather than who they are, looking at task-oriented and relationship-oriented behaviors.
- Contingency theories that consider how the context influences appropriate leadership styles and how a leader's effectiveness depends on the match between their style and the situation.
- More recent theories include transformational leadership focusing on charismatic, visionary leaders and relationship-based approaches examining leader-member exchanges.