Discourse on leadership: a critical appraisal

Prologue: a discussion without end, and the nature of this inquiry

The great man and the beginning of contemporary discourse

More who than do and the trait vs. behavior debate

Whistling in the dark and the insertion of power between followers and leaders

The sublime myth and the ideology of purpose

(White) men named John and the persistence of bias

No longer just managing and the misuse of ideal types

Globalization and the challenge of complexity

Epilogue: key moments in leadership discourse and a plausible chronological narrative.