Sun Tzu's writings on military leadership, the works of Plato and Aristotle (Plato's intellectual competitor and student) question "who should govern us", the philosophy of Castiglione, and other works they jointly summarize classical leadership. To grasp what can be said about today's leadership compared to classic writings on leadership, it is necessary to ask whether leadership is a changing phenomenon over time or, rather, whether there is a single "best" leadership style that suits all leaders in all situations. time. There are more studies on leadership today than ever before, and leadership is studied by a wider range of people than ever before. Today's writings offer a different analysis of leadership than classical writings because some classical writings were written by the leaders themselves and are therefore often prejudicial. There is a relationship in some behavioral models between classical and contemporary leaders in terms of military leadership, use of rhetoric in learning leadership skills and finally leaders extending their control structure causing conflicts which, with the help of others, might otherwise have been avoided. To begin with, you need to define leadership. How individuals become leaders and what their role as leaders is will be considered in this essay in a comparative form, relating classical leaders to contemporary ones. There are two forms of classical leadership that distinguish classical leadership writers such as Plato, Aristotle, and Castiglione. One leadership style assumes that leaders learn leadership skills and the other that leadership skills are something that some are born with and therefore those who have the inherited skills will lead naturally. Contemporary research on the power of Raven and Frenc...... half of the article ......or those with original thinking when engaging in new projects and decision-making. If Castiglione, Sun Tzu and Plato were leading, they would insist on “remaining honorable without becoming unbearably arrogant” (Bratton, 2005: 99). As Castiglione wrote in 1528, leaders “reach an extreme selfe leekinge, so that afterwards they admit no counsel, nor counsel from others” (Bratton 2005: 100). It is important and disconcerting to see the differences among those leaders who realize that “leaders influence and are influenced by followers.” It is important because it should not happen again as it has created many unnecessary scandals that have not been investigated and therefore preventable situations. Followers are critical in the leadership process, and leaders must come to understand what citizens want and need in order to have peace rather than a destructive society..