[리더특집 LeaderSpecial] 지도자상, 아이돌 안에 다 있다 Leader Types in Idols

In the K-pop market where hundreds of idols debut every year, each group is striving to appeal with their own color. Depending on the leader of the team, the image and the success of the entire group is determined, placing important duty and responsibility on the shoulders of the leaders. When you examine the idols who succeeded in the music industry, there is always a distinct leader in the center. Perhaps we can portray the leader types that this generation truly needs through them?

We categorized the diverse leadership styles of each idol group's leader following the book by Professor Shin Wanseon of Sungkyunkwan Univ., Color Leadership. According to the the author's categorization of different styles of leadership into the seven colors of rainbow, we placed currently active idol groups' leaders to each appropriate ones. Since leadership is a skill that combines multiple elements together, leaders do not necessarily belong to only one type and can display attributes of different colors. We gave each person one color for the sake of categorization.

Full of charisma and accurate decision makers, indigo color leaders are "vision leaders". They confidently propose the vision they consider as rightful to the members, and leads the members to strive toward the same direction. 

CNBLUE's Jung Yonghwa is a leader who shares his success with the members. In the early days after debut when the team was not well known, he divided the profit he earned equally with the members, without any complaint. Also, he clearly and confidently provides the direction the group needs to go and leads them. About CNBLUE's 5th mini album Can't Stop, produced by Jung Yonghwa himself, he explained "You may anticipate CNBLUE's musical direction and identity." Through this, we can observe his definite vision for the team.