¶ … submitted annotated bibliography of three sources. The first statement given by the author will be about the common themes that are covered and expressed in each of the articles. The second and final statement is what can be drawn from the three sources in concert. Indeed, the three articles all cover types and facets of leadership but they each approach the subject from an entirely different perspective and focus on different things. While the articles are different in many ways, there are some emerging themes that can be pointed to. To build a little bit on the answer given in the introduction, the three articles all focus on the psychological traits and methodology of leaders. However, the particular facets assessed and how they are assessed is different from article to article. The Lillenfeld article looks at the potential or actual presence of psychopathic traits in former United States Presidents. Rather than condemn and label this as a bad thing, they actually pose the theory as to whether it is a good thing for Presidents and similar leaders to have at least a modicum of these traits in their mindset and skill set (Lilienfeld et al., 2012). The Van Eeden article looks at the personality traits associated with certain leadership styles with the two main foci...

Finally, the Odom article looks at the impact of personal growth endeavors when it comes to leaders. Irrespective of the leadership style or projects attempted, the article stresses that leaders undergoing these projects need to be introspective and self-reflecting for the projects to be as effective and complete as they could and should be (Odom, Boyd & Williams, 2012).
If there is a message or singular outcome that one could garner from the three articles combined, it would be that certain traits, development and styles of leadership can accomplish a litany of good things and there is no singular leadership style that will work in all situations. Indeed, there may be instances where a psychopathic-style person, presuming he/she is not acting in a maladaptive and pernicious way, can actually be of benefit to a leadership situation. Similarly, there are situations where a transactional leader would be ideal. Other times, a transformative leader is the kind that is needed. Put another way, one cannot point to a single leadership style (such as transformative) and assert that this is the only sort of leadership style that is needed and that it could and should…