New Millennium: Managerial Anomalies and Contemporary Leadership Concepts

Nowadays the current system of the leadership thinking alters, or, in other words, the paradigm the leadership undergoes transformation. The paper describes the key managerial anomalies in the new millennium that have caused the crisis in the management theory particularly the organizations’ management and in the leadership field. As a consequence contemporary models have emerged. The paper provides a theoretical overview of so-called positive leadership concepts (authentic, spiritual, servant leadership, etc.). It also presents the tendencies connected with a role and an essence of the contemporary leadership. The authors that the crisis of the management model is rooted in the competitive value system. The conclude that the core of the new management paradigm is a “good” leadership model based on values. Although, an establishment of a new paradigm is usually a slow and -revolutionary process, the leadership theory is already in the process of new development. authors believe that it is time to develop leaders of a higher level.