The dominator and the influencer: reflecting on two key leadership styles in schools

Gordon Cairns

By Gordon Cairns
Community contribution / September 21, 2020

Evolutionary biologists identify just two styles of leadership – the dominator and the influencer. As current world events have shown, these styles have different levels of effectiveness. So how do they play out in schools?

Unfortunately today we seem to have a plethora of dominating leaders from across the world’s continents; Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Jair Bolsinaro spring easily to mind.

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