Leadership Traits & Skills: APAMSA Leadership Development Module

LEADERSHIP
TRAITS & SKILLS

APAMSA Leadership Development Module
Leadership Traits & Skills
Leader Traits Leader Skills

 adaptable  intelligent
 ambitious  knowledgeable
 assertive  conceptually skilled
 cooperative  creative
 decisive  diplomatic
 dependable  tactful
 persistent  fluent in speaking
 responsible  organized
 self-confident  persuasive
 stress tolerant  sociable
Source: R.M. Stodill, Handbook of Leadership: A Survey of the Literature (New York: Free Press, 1974)
Leadership Development
Leadership Challenge (2)
 Leadership Traits & Skills
 Review the effective leadership traits & skills discussed

separately in this module
 Identify
the 2 trait(s) and 2 skill(s) viewed as your
strengths
 Identify
the 2 trait(s) and 2 skill(s) viewed as your
weaknesses
Effective Leadership Traits
 High energy level & stress tolerance
 Self-confidence
 Internal locus of control
 Emotional stability & maturity
 Personal integrity
 Socialized power motivation
 Moderately high achievement orientation
 Moderately low need for affiliation
Source: G. Yukl, Leadership In Organizations (New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006, p. 189-210)
 High Energy Level & Stress Tolerance
 Ability to cope with a hectic schedule, unrelenting

pressure, and difficult situations
 Composed and calm under stress, problem-focused,

confident and decisive
 Strength  Weakness
 Self-Confidence
 Ability to influence others, take initiative and be

persistent, optimistic, and decisive in a crisis
 Attempts difficult tasks, action-oriented, sets

challenging goals and high expectations
 Internal Locus of Control
 Ability to take responsibility for own actions and learn

from own mistakes
 Future-oriented, proactive, believes events are

determined by our actions and not by chance
 Emotional Stability & Maturity
 Ability to care about other people, control own

emotions, take criticism constructively
 Aware of own strengths/weaknesses, focused on self-

improvement, keeps high moral standards
 Personal Integrity
 Ability to be consistently honest, ethical, trustworthy,

and loyal to followers
 Keeps promises and confidential information, sets an

example with own behavior
 Socialized Power Motivation
 Ability to participate, coach, and exercise power for the

benefit of others
 Power used to build up the organization and create team

pride
 Moderately High Achievement Orientation
 Ability to set challenging but realistic goals, organize

tasks, perform efficiently, and take specific action plans
 Desires to excel and succeed, task-oriented, solves

problems, emphasizes performance
 Moderately Low Need For Affiliation
 Ability to make unpopular decisions, rewards for

effective performance and not for approval
 Work-focused, avoids favoritism, addresses genuine

differences vs. avoiding confrontation
Effective Leadership Skills
 Technical skills
 Interpersonal skills
 Conceptual skills
 Emotional intelligence
 Social intelligence
 Systems thinking
 Ability to learn
Leadership Skills
 Technical Skills
 Knowledgeable about methods, processes, techniques, and
equipment
 Knowledgeable about the organization and its products or

services
 Requires good memory, orientation to details, rapid learning

of technical material
Leadership Skills
 Conceptual Skills
 Good judgment, foresight, intuition, creativity, and

ability to find meaning in the face of ambiguity
 Requires analytical ability, logical thinking, concept

formation, inductive and deductive reasoning
Leadership Skills
 Interpersonal Skills
 Knowledgeable about human behavior, feelings, attitudes,

and motives of others
 Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively
 Requires empathy, social insight, charm, tact and diplomacy

Leadership Skills
 Emotional Intelligence
 Attuned to own feelings and feelings of others
 Emotions cognitively managed and used to facilitate

reasoning
 Requires emotional maturity, self-awareness, self-

regulation
Leadership Skills
 Social Intelligence
 Ability to identify social requirements for a particular

situation and select an appropriate response
 Knowledgeable about organizational culture and power

relationships
 Requires social perceptiveness and behavioral flexibility

Leadership Skills
 Systems Thinking
 Understands that a change in one part of the organization
will affect other parts as well
 Appropriate reaction to anticipated consequences can

counteract these effects
 Requires awareness of how different parts of the

organization are interrelated
Leadership Skills
 Ability To Learn
 Ability to learn from experience and adapt to change
 Flexible enough to learn from mistakes, change assumptions

and beliefs, and refine their mental models
 Requires self-awareness, open-mindedness, curiosity, and

routine feedback about strengths & weaknesses
Leadership Development
Summary
 Leadership Traits & Skills
 Certaintraits & skills are positively related to effective

leadership
 Identify
your strengths and weaknesses to better manage your
leadership role
 Aim to build upon your strengths and correct or compensate

for your weaknesses
THANK YOU
SHIKHA GUPTA

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LEADERSHIP

TRAITS & SKILLS

Leader Traits Leader Skills

 Review the effective leadership traits & skills discussed

 Ability to cope with a hectic schedule, unrelenting

 Composed and calm under stress, problem-focused,

 Ability to influence others, take initiative and be

 Attempts difficult tasks, action-oriented, sets

 Ability to take responsibility for own actions and learn

 Future-oriented, proactive, believes events are

 Ability to care about other people, control own

 Aware of own strengths/weaknesses, focused on self-

 Ability to be consistently honest, ethical, trustworthy,

 Keeps promises and confidential information, sets an

 Ability to participate, coach, and exercise power for the

 Power used to build up the organization and create team

 Ability to set challenging but realistic goals, organize

 Desires to excel and succeed, task-oriented, solves

 Ability to make unpopular decisions, rewards for

 Work-focused, avoids favoritism, addresses genuine

 Knowledgeable about the organization and its products or

 Requires good memory, orientation to details, rapid learning

 Good judgment, foresight, intuition, creativity, and

 Requires analytical ability, logical thinking, concept

 Knowledgeable about human behavior, feelings, attitudes,

 Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively

 Requires empathy, social insight, charm, tact and diplomacy

 Attuned to own feelings and feelings of others

 Emotions cognitively managed and used to facilitate

 Requires emotional maturity, self-awareness, self-

 Ability to identify social requirements for a particular

 Knowledgeable about organizational culture and power

 Requires social perceptiveness and behavioral flexibility

 Appropriate reaction to anticipated consequences can

 Requires awareness of how different parts of the

 Ability to learn from experience and adapt to change

 Flexible enough to learn from mistakes, change assumptions

 Requires self-awareness, open-mindedness, curiosity, and

 Certaintraits & skills are positively related to effective

 Aim to build upon your strengths and correct or compensate

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