Assignment of leadership: do traits matter?
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Leadership traits play an important role in a leader's success. Effective leaders possess drive and ambition to achieve goals and motivate others. They are honest, self-confident and able to make informed decisions. A leader's ability to think critically, communicate a vision, and empower followers through training and motivation are also key traits that contribute to organizational success. While traits alone do not guarantee leadership, having qualities like integrity, work ethic and business knowledge help effective leaders navigate challenges and implement strategies to achieve goals.
Assignment of leadership: do traits matter?
- 1. Assignment on Leadership:dotraits matter? Submittedto Sir Zafar-uz-zaman Submittedby Ayeshayaseen Roll num 007 MBO-2nd semester Subject Art of leadershipandmotivation COMSATS instituteof informationtechnology Lahore
- 2. “Leadership:do traits matter” There are several characteristics finds in a leader. These qualities include drive to motive, integrity and honesty, motivation of leadership, confidence, cognitive ability and business knowledge includes. These characteristics differ leader from non common people. It is the duty of leaders to obtain technical skills, formulate the vision of organization and doo effective and efficient work for it. According to great man theory, leaders qualities in people are from very first day when he born. Then trait theory suggests that motivation capacity and pattern of behavior are common characteristics in people. Some characteristics in people are due to experience from doing some work. According to Ralph only having leadership characteristics is not enough although situational factors also effect. Leader’s success depends upon core values in leaders. Leadership trait such as drive has several aspects such as achievement, ambition, energy, tenacity and initiatives. Among good leaders achievement is an important part. Leaders must do some technical projects and get achievement in it. Ambition is next step after it. Ambition people set goals for organization and for themselves. For achieving some goals leaders needs a lot of energy. Emotional stability, mental and physical energy require in a leader. Leaders have the ability of good spirit and have the ability to stop and overcome the obstacles. Leaders must be proactive in nature. They want change and accept change rather than to be waited for good thing to happen. Not only ambition and drive is necessary but they also lead to others. Leadership motivation involves influencing the people, leads others, feeling themselves having a higher authority and also assumes responsibility. Through power leaders have authority leaders also empower their followers. Two types of motives power includes in it. Little self control, seeks power dominants to other and spontaneous factors involves in personalized power. Socialized power motive is focused towards achieving organizational goals. They empower their followers so that they can achieve organizational goals. Leaders must not violate the trust of their followers and respect to their views. Honesty is the big factor which must be insure when you trust on somebody. Self confidence is an important factor when taking decisions. Leaders must be confident what actions he had made, if it comes bad decisions then he takes it as a learning opportunity. Self confidence gives leaders to be emotionally stable then they are doing excited talk with another so that conflicts not arise. Leaders have the ability to think, gather information, integrate and analyze information. Critical thinking is a habit of effective leaders. Leaders must be hard work not genius. Leaders have the knowledge of business and knowledge of technical things. Leaders must take good decisions and understand the consequences of decisions. Creativity, Charisma and flexibility are those traits that are involved in leaders. Implement the vision has different activities. In structuring activities leaders should see the flow of information to the organizational structure. in selecting and training activity, leaders must understand that people who are hired by him are talented and skills of people can be increase by giving them proper training. Leaders should motivate
- 3. employees by providing formal authority, because as a role model for them, build sub ordinate. Self confidence, delegating authority, providing employees specific and challenging goals and through reward and punishment. Good leader gather disseminate the information to the followers so that they will come to know the reasons of decisions. Leaders must do the work of collaboration among teams by doing collaborating work activities effectiveness of work can achieve. Leaders must do work of promotion, take change and have innovations in their work activities.