Posted on September 6, 2007 by leadershiptheories
Leadership trait theory is the idea that people are born with certain character traits. Since certain traits are associated with proficient leadership, it assumes that if you could identify people with the correct traits you will be able to identify leaders.
Most of the time the traits are considered to be naturally part of a person’s [...]
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Posted on September 6, 2007 by leadershiptheories
Assumptions
People are born with inherited traits.
Some traits are particularly suited to leadership.
People who make good leaders have the right (or sufficient) combination of traits. click click to continue
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Posted on September 6, 2007 by leadershiptheories
Personality Traits Essential To Leadership?
Leadership can be approached in several ways. One approach is that leaders are effective or ineffective due to their personality traits, or to stretch it a bit, are effective or lack effectiveness because of their beliefs, values and ethics. That’s the personality trait approach. For example, some people make the case [...]
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