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Leadership and Change 2
Leadership and Change 2
Strengths
Criticisms
Application
Intuitively appealing
Highlights leadership
Perception that leaders are
different in that they possess
component in the leadership
special traits process
People “need” to view Deeper level understanding of
leaders as gifted how leader/personality related
to leadership process
Credibility due to a century
Provides benchmarks for
of research support
what to look for in a leader
Leadership Traits
Through various tests and questionnaires, • Intelligence
individuals can determine whether they have • Self-Confidence
the selected leadership traits and can pinpoint • Determination
• Integrity
their strengths and weaknesses • Sociability