Abstract
The article describes the main approaches to the problem of leadership. Scientific analysis of psychological and educational literature showed that the interest to the leadership and an attempt to understand this complex and important social phenomenon date back to antiquity. Theory of leadership aims to identify a universal structure of an effective leader personality, defining its inherent traits or characteristics. A number of researchers attempted to define a set of characteristics peculiar to the leader. At the same time, consistent with the level of manufacture development at the stage under consideration, they put at the first place alternately the physical strength, or the intellect. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n3s1p187