...Brian Leavy Purpose This article sets out to examine what is different about top leadership and what is required beyond proven professional competence to be highly effective at this level. Design/methodology/approach The article is a masterclass – essentially a thematic review...

...Brian Leavy © MCB UP Limited 2003 --> Leadership Effectiveness Theory Brian Leavy What is the essence of great leadership? Every time a leadership guru proposes a new theory that tries to define it in terms of particular personality traits or styles of behaviour, we...

... of behavior but do not increase the competence of managers. They promote their proprietary solution as a fix for all problems instead of trying to increase managerial understanding of a particular corporate puzzle. They provide maxims that are really platitudes and panaceas without proof of effectiveness...