Conceptual Leadership Models: Success in the Life Philosophy of Modern Leaders

The article presents conceptual models of leadership, identifies the idea that unites these models: it is argued that the connecting link in quite different concept versions is their common feature - the orientation of the life philosophy of modern leaders towards success. Success, understood as a process involving an ideal model of the future. As shown in the work, when assessing reality, the leader has the ability to determine the measure and degree of the gap between the two components of the relationship “present - ideal future”. This ability is the guarantee of the success that the leader is oriented towards. It is the platform on which the motivation for the changes being made is built. The author presents various options for how the leader is perceived by the followers. It is shown that the leader personifies the processes taking place in the community, and leadership itself is impossible outside the relationships of trust that consolidate society. A leader becomes a symbol of a group, a community if he manages to constantly prove his right to leadership. The basis of the leadership strategy is the value system. Leadership that leads to success is a process that includes a number of necessary stages: attention through a vision of perspective (foresight); transfer of knowledge through communication; developing trust through position; developing oneself, improving one's skills through getting rid of shortcomings and weaknesses. It is shown that it is the concept of the philosophy of success in leadership theory that has had the greatest impact on the development of value models of leadership. It is also shown that the implementation of the functions of a leader occurs in a specific social system and depends on the degree of maturity of its political, cultural, economic spheres, on the level of culture, on the nature or type of political regime and, finally, on the individual qualities of the leader himself.

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