A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES
This article addresses the challenge of teaching theory to people who view theorising sceptically. This is often the case in the context of leadership trainings. In this article, I critically analyse the trivialisation of leadership, often based on success stories, and offer seven methods to includ...
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University of the Free State
2021-06-01
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This article addresses the challenge of teaching theory to people who view theorising sceptically. This is often the case in the context of leadership trainings. In this article, I critically analyse the trivialisation of leadership, often based on success stories, and offer seven methods to include theory in leadership classes, namely electing students; reversing the order: practice-theory instead of theory-practice; creating aha experiences with theory; selecting “good” theory; pointing out the benefit of a special theory; viewing theories as eye-glasses, and suggesting eye-glasses from different disciplines. I then argue, first, that leadership theory is needed, because real leadership is non-trivial and, secondly, that we need to teach more than one leadership theory, in order to encourage critical thinking.
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| spelling | doaj-art-70af892b9c5a4292b65c5f5c5cc5711b2025-02-11T09:37:11ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892021-06-0110.38140/at.vi.5418A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIESV. Kessler0GBFE, Gummersbach This article addresses the challenge of teaching theory to people who view theorising sceptically. This is often the case in the context of leadership trainings. In this article, I critically analyse the trivialisation of leadership, often based on success stories, and offer seven methods to include theory in leadership classes, namely electing students; reversing the order: practice-theory instead of theory-practice; creating aha experiences with theory; selecting “good” theory; pointing out the benefit of a special theory; viewing theories as eye-glasses, and suggesting eye-glasses from different disciplines. I then argue, first, that leadership theory is needed, because real leadership is non-trivial and, secondly, that we need to teach more than one leadership theory, in order to encourage critical thinking. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/5418Leadership EducationTrivialisation of LeadershipAha-experiencesTheory-practice-cycle |
| spellingShingle | V. Kessler A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES Acta Theologica Leadership Education Trivialisation of Leadership Aha-experiences Theory-practice-cycle |
| title | A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES |
| title_full | A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES |
| title_fullStr | A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES |
| title_full_unstemmed | A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES |
| title_short | A PLEA FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES |
| title_sort | plea for leadership theories |
| topic | Leadership Education Trivialisation of Leadership Aha-experiences Theory-practice-cycle |
| url | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/5418 |
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