ABSTRACT
The leadership mission centres on bringing about change — within a team, organisation, or society – which can elicit opposition. Every activity, from leading a football team to competition success to leading a large-scale humanitarian aid initiative, can be viewed in leadership. Leadership competences are elements within an overall leadership style that can vary widely and that leaders employ – consciously or unconsciously – to influence others. The transformational leader is a contextual role that is usually required in the context of significant organisational or social change. Theories about leadership authority all revolve around the development of relations between a leader and followers. The trends in leadership theories are a mixture of personality theory, relationship theory, cultural and transformational theory and often places an emphasis on agility and integrity. There is no causal link between those in a leadership role and those who are self-reflective and self-critical.
