¶ … strategic management: Leading across the Strategic Domain (Richardson, 1994) the author provides a comprehensive analysis of the progression of leadership theories over the last century, categorizing them into nine dominant leader types. These leader types span classical Taylorism to the more recent concepts of transformational leadership with strategic frameworks from Dr. Michael Porter's competitive strategy insights and research (Richardson, 1994). These nine leadership roles include the Classical Administrator, Design School Planner, Role Playing Manager, Political Contingency Responder, Competitive Positioner, Visionary Transformer, Self-Organizing Facilitator, Turnaround Strategist and Crisis-Avoider Strategist (Richardson, 1994). Taken together these roles serve as the framework for what the author argues is the need for greater situational awareness and insight on the part of leaders as...

These series of concepts fit well into the strategic continuum of leadership styles the author creates based on the insights gained from the research as well. All of these elements are well-integrated from a logical flow standpoint throughout the article. There is also the insight shown on the part of the author to include the caveat that all of these factors and leadership roles cannot be taken in isolation from each other; they need to be…