LEADERSHIP TRAITS AND
SKILLS
UNIT 02
Do Thi Thanh Huong
Foreign Trade University
WARM-UP GAME
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UNIT OUTLINE
TRAIT APPROACH
ØStudies on leader’s traits (personality characteristics)
ØMajor leadership traits
ØVideo case: discussion on leader’s personality
characteristics
ØGroup discussion on Strengths, Weaknesses and Application
of Leadership Trait Theory
SKILLS APPROACH
ØDescription:
Three-skill approach
Skills models
ØAssessment of skills approach
ØApplication
TRAIT APPROACH
Leaders were born with some innate qualities and
characteristics and only the “great” people possessed them.
How much is this true? Implication to leadership development?
The Trait Approach was the first systematic attempts to study
leadership (Early 20th century)
LEADERSHIP TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
TRADITIONAL STUDIES
Stogdill
(1948)
Mann
(1959)
Stogdill (1974)
Lord,
DeVader
&
Alliger
(1986)
Intelligence
Alertness
Insight
Responsibility
Initiative
Persistence
Self-confidence
Sociability
Intelligence
Masculinity
Adjustment
Dominance
Extroversion
Conservatism
Achievement
Persistence
Insight
Initiative
Self-confidence
Responsibility
Cooperativeness
Tolerance
Influence
Sociability
Intelligence
Masculinity
Dominance