Musings on Spiritual Matters

This book has more of a term paper feel.  Probably because it was a term paper at some point.  It is not a flowing read, or even an enjoyable read.  Reading it makes you feel bad for all of the professors across the nation that have to read hundreds of term papers from students.  It can be laborious work.  But once you more pass the technical writing style, the book does provide some interesting and valuable insights into the literature of leadership.  Often people read of one time period, and believe that this is the major theory of the art of whatever.  But like most things, leadership has evolved throughout the ages.  This book looks at the various ages of leadership thought.  The author highlights five major phases of leadership.  There is some added complexity in each age, but here are the five major ones.  The author does a good job of providing a quick overall of each phase so that one can see the influences of leadership on major authors of the art as well as the normal development of leadership education.  Here they are: Phase I Great Man Era: 1841-1904, Phase II Trait Era: 1904-1948, Phase III Behavior Era: 1948-1967, Phase IV Contingency Era: 1967-1980, and Phase V. Complexity Era: 1980-1986.  The book is written in 1992, so this is the end of his research.  The book is good at allowing the student of leadership to understand that leadership models are always changing.  It is a good historical overview.

Related posts:

1. Review of “Leveraging Your Leadership Style”
2. Review of “Tribal Leadership”
3. My History With The Gospel Advocate
4. Teaching Restoration History
5. Read “Ultimate Leadership”

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