Slide Leadershiphệ E C2 - Leadership UEL

Bus1300 - Lesson 2: Leader’s Traits Readings: [1] Chapter 2 https://lientran.vn/ 1 Learning Outcomes At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: • Know the traits that distinguish between leaders and non-leaders • Know how to apply trait theory in organizations • Know how to use tools to assess leadership traits https://lientran.vn/ 2 Overview 2.1. Great Person Theories 2.2. Historical Shifts in Trait Perspective 2.3. What Traits Differentiate Leaders From Non-leaders? 2.4. Trait Approach in Application https://lientran.vn/ 3 2.1. Great Person Theories • Trait Approach: One of the first systematic attempts to study leadership • “Great Man” Theories (early 1900s) – Focused on identifying innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great social, political, and military leaders https://lientran.vn/ 4 2.1. Great Person Theories Napoleon bonaparte Cao Cao (Tào Tháo) Genghis Khan Tell a story about each of them, their outstanding personality https://lientran.vn/ 5 2.2. Historical Shifts in Trait Perspective Early 1900s 1930-50s Great Man Theories Traits Interacting With Situational Demands on Leaders Revival of Critical Role of Traits in Leader Effectiveness • Landmark Stogdill (1948) • Stogdill (1974) •Research focused on individual characteristics that universally differentiated leaders from nonleaders Innate Qualities study - analyzed and synthesized 124 trait studies - Leadership reconceptualized as a relationship between people in a social situation • Mann (1959) reviewed 1,400 findings of personality and leadership in small groups - Less emphasis on situations - Suggested personality traits could be used to discriminate leaders from nonleaders Situations 1970s - Early 90s - Analyzed 163 new studies with 1948 study findings - Validated original study - 10 characteristics positively identified with leadership • Lord, DeVader, & Alliger (1986) meta-analysis - Personality traits can be used to differentiate leaders/non-leaders Today 5 Major Leadership Traits • Intelligence • Self-Confidence • Determination • Integrity • Sociability • Kirkpatrick & Locke (1991) - 6 traits make up the “Right Stuff” for leaders https://lientran.vn/Personality / Behaviors 6