5 Major Leadership Traits: Intelligence, Self-Confidence, Determination, Integri

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5 Major Leadership Traits: Intelligence, Self-Confidence, Determination, Integrity, and Sociability (ex. of each below)

Essay Questions (10 points each) 1. Of the five major leadership traits discussed in Chapter 2 of Leadership: Theory and Practice, which would you claim to be the most important? Which the least important? Support your claim with specific examples from the chapter. (Lesson 4) 2. Write a scenario in which middle-of-the-road management style would be the optimal choice. How would it be preferable to each of the other four leadership styles on the grid? Lesson 5)

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1. Most important leadership trait- Integrity
It is the key trait for any leader to make people believe in his/her ideas. If the leader is not honest about the actions, anything said/promised would become irrelevant. In case of Iraq's stand on weapons of mass destruction, people demanded their leaders to be more honest instead of taking actions. Someone whose position is determined by the kind of followers he/she has to have a strong integrity.

Least important trait-Sociability
A leader's life is highly influenced by sociabilty in the early stages but in later stages, it is sometimes okay to not be highly sociable. In the case of Michael Hugh, his sociability makes him more approachable but people would regard him equally even if he cannot afford to be as sociable.

2. Middle-of-the-road management style is best suited for compromising leaders who don't let the needs of workers outweigh the requirement of productivity. Realistic managers without ambition tend to follow this style of management. Places where it can work- Construction companies where employees are not highly-skilled and not very ambitious but the work will be done by the end of the day. In this case, other styles might not perfectly work as to increase the results, one would need more workforce and concern of people would not get sorted even if more projects come on-board. Wages are mostly fixed.

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