In this article, we describe Individualized Leadership. The development, overview, and extensions of individualized leadership are presented. In particular, we focus on the one-to-one relationship between a superior and a specific subordinate, involving (1) the supervisor's investments in and returns from the subordinate, and (2) the subordinate's investments in and returns from the superior. Key variables involved are providing support for a subordinate's feelings of self-worth by a superior, and providing satisfying performance to a superior by a subordinate. These variables and their association operate in terms of whole dyads; i.e., agreement within a superior-subordinate dyad and differences between multiple dyads reflect, "individualized leadership. " Implications for future research are discussed throughout.
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