A theoretical and methodological model of praxeological leadership

The subject of the presented apriori analysis is leadership understood as a personality factor in the form of leadership attitude and its correlates in the leadership process. The aim of the research is to present an innovative concept of leadership, in which it is based on the results of learning and possessed knowledge. Leadership knowledge is a conglomerate of two aspects: knowledge of the process and methodology of leadership and knowledge of subordinates. Deduced apriori, the <b>Praxeological leadership model </b>contains the imperatives of leadership knowledge and skills that a supervisor should possess in the process of leading a given social structure (e.g., a subunit, a sports team) in order to be perceived and treated as a leader by the members of the given social structure. The research undertaken employed an analysis of the literature on leadership, an apriori analysis, praxeological deduction and logical modelling. Implications from the apriori analysis undertaken indicate that praxeological leadership is based on an element of personal structure, the intellectual sphere of the individual, which includes knowledge of <b>leadership methodology</b> as well as <b>knowledge of aspects of the personal structure of subordinates</b>. Colloquially speaking: <b>an effective/praxeological leader knows how to lead (how? – performance aspect) and who he leads (who is the subject? – effectiveness aspect)</b>.