Archetypes and Leadership

I like the idea of archetypes a lot better than I do the idea of trait based leadership because archetypes give everyone the idea of what type of leader you could be rather than saying this archetype makes you a leader and this one means you’re a big fat loser, yes a slight exaggeration.  I also like the idea of your archetypes changing throughout your life; I think this is a bit more realistic because I do believe who we are as people is constantly being shaped.  The idea that more than one archetype can be dominant is also soemthing I find interesting, a lot of times when you take similar personality type evaluations you are fit into a certain type but archetypes aren’t necessarily who you are all the time but more who you can be under certain circumstances.  I think the one thing that I am left thinking about however, is which archetypes actually influence who I am as a leader.  I can see all four of my dominant archetypes present in different aspects of who I am as a whole but I don’t know if I necessarily see all of them present in who I am as a leader, I think this is something I still would like to further consider.