It seems clear that the problem of gender disparity in leadership positions is at least partly due to our leader-centric ways of thinking. But it is only one of many toxic effects of this deeply entrenched approach to leadership. Great man theory, as the name would suggest, encourages people to become great individuals, rather than encouraging a whole organization to become great together. Great man theory suggests that it’s more about the attributes of the single leader than the attributes of the system; more about the “I” than the “we.”
