leader match

an approach to leadership training based on the contingency theory of leadership of Fred Fiedler. It proposes (a) that effective leadership is dependent on a match between the individual’s leadership style and the particular group situation and (b) that individuals usually find it difficult to alter their established style of leadership but (c) that leaders can be trained to diagnose a situation and alter it to fit their own style.

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January 3rd 2025

syphilis

n. a contagious disease caused by infection with the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum. Syphilis is usually a sexually transmitted disease, but it can be transmitted through a break or cut in the skin or mucous membrane; it can also be transmitted by an infected pregnant woman to an unborn child. Untreated, syphilis progressively destroys body tissues, particularly those of the heart and nervous system. See also cerebral syphilis; general paresis.