This document discusses leadership from several perspectives. It begins by defining leadership according to various experts as influencing followers to achieve shared goals. Several leadership theories are then outlined, including trait theories that view leaders as heroes and contingency theories that see leadership as dependent on situational factors. The document argues that leadership has been socially constructed as a phenomenon of the 20th century used to promote change. It notes leadership involves performance and storytelling but is difficult to prove and has limits based on resources and other constraints. The document concludes by questioning what makes a good leader and the relationship between leadership and the exercise of power over others.