Introduction to Management: Traits of Effective Leaders and Leadership Theories

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INTRODUCTION OF MANAGEMENT
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2-8-2019

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Contents
Trait Theory.....................................................................................................................................2
Situational, Transformational, and Servant Leadership..................................................................3
Identifying a Leader.........................................................................................................................4
Leadership Scenarios.......................................................................................................................5
Personal Leadership/ Management Profile......................................................................................6
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Trait Theory
This model of leadership reflects on specific characteristics of a leader that makes him or
her a successful leader. These are the consistent characteristics found in a leader that are
responsible for their act of leadership. Some of the traits that were identified are leadership
motivation, achievement drive, self-confidence, honesty and integrity, business knowledge,
cognitive ability, emotional maturity, flexibility, creativity, and charisma and many more
(Brenner, 2015).
Among these traits, three major traits that I feel I possess are leadership motivation,
achievement drive, and business knowledge. These traits were observed from the last project,
where I was leading and I was effectively able to motivate my team members when they were
lacking with the confidence and were demotivated to perform in the team. Moreover, I was able
to apply my business knowledge to the project which results in successful project
implementation. Moreover, from my marketing project experience, it was observed that I am
very goal oriented personality and achieving the higher aspect is always on my mind, as the drive
for achievement kept me motivated to complete the project, even after many difficulties faced
(Cherry, 2018).
In my opinion, one of the traits that I possess is empathy, which was not specific in the
list of traits in the theory, but I believe can be helpful for being an effective leader. I feel the pain
or problem of my team member and help them accordingly, which makes them more loyal
towards the team and their leader and motivated to provide a more effective result (Bird &
Mendenhall, 2016).

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After self-analyzing, I feel that I would be an effective leader, as the traits that I carry are
very helpful and effective, like it is important to be self-confident before helping other to
accomplish any task, and things are done from others. Motivational trait plays an important role
while making the team perform better in any circumstances. Moreover, knowledge is very
important in order to apply that successfully in the team. Moreover, the achievement drive,
makes a person urge to accomplish another task to achieve what is the next step for success, this
creates self-motivation to complete the task (Carton, 2014).
Situational, Transformational, and Servant Leadership
Situational leadership – within an organization, the situation are changing rapidly, and a
leader has to lead to different followers and in different situations. According to situational
leadership, the leader is changing their leadership style according to the change in the situation.
This is an effective leadership style, especially if one is working in a dynamic environment or
leading more than one team (Dolan & Kawamura, 2015).
Transformational leadership – this style of leadership is focusing towards change,
according to this the need for change are identified by an individual, they believe in encouraging
one another in the team to implement change for the better. Moreover, this includes the leader to
create a vision to provide clear direction to the team to implement change and motivating people
to accomplish change effectively (Li, 2018).
According to this leadership style, the leader is not willing to rules other but is willing to
serve. This includes sharing the power with others, understanding people and their needs, and
putting others before oneself. This is effective, where the major goal is customer satisfaction for