ABSTRACT
It may surprise you to learn that there is no agreed definition of leadership in the management literature. It is a little like the problem of defining intelligence: We all think we know what we mean by it and hence we avoid a rigorous definition. Just as intelligence ends up being what the tests measure, leadership ends up being what the various theorists postulate it to be. Because of this, we now have generally accepted leadership myths: the leader should have a vision, subscribe to values, be a coach and so on. But do these things make a difference? Do they make leaders?
