Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief historical perspective of leadership and management theories in the twentieth century to demonstrate that those theories are still prevalent today and underpin the latest “revolutionary” leadership models....

David Pardey, development consultant at the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), explores why effective leadership is so important during times of organizational change. He examines two cases where strong leadership made the difference ‐ the first in achieving a complete overhaul of...