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The Traits Of A Leader

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Trait leadership is exactly what it says. It is leadership based on the traits a person holds. However, the Trait Approach of looking at leadership also points out that people can emerge as a leader. Of the five main traits, I see integrity as the most important and self-confidence as the hardest to acquire. In class, we looked at the five major traits of leaders; of intelligence, self-confidence, determination, integrity, and sociability. Intelligence is important for leaders to be able to communicate effectively with their followers. Without the knowledge of being able to communicate with followers, there would not be any followers doing the “following.” It would be chaos. In a business, if the leader in a group is in charge of a project, but is unable to communicate with their team, the project will not be completed as well as planned. Leaders need self-confidence for many reasons, the most important being to show followers to have confidence in their leader. If leaders don’t believe in themselves, why would a follower believe in them? The third trait discussed was determination. This trait would also reflect my last idea on self-confidence. Why would followers be determined to work and push through if the leader isn’t? Sociability plays hand in hand with being outgoing, in my eyes. An effective leader would be able to get along with all followers, is friendly, and is enjoyable to be around. I feel as though integrity should be the first trait discussed, as I feel it is

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