Leadership - Trait Theory | Assignment

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Trait Theory.....................................................................................................................................2
Situational, Transformational, and Servant Leadership..................................................................4
Identify a leader...............................................................................................................................5
Personal Leadership/ Management Profile......................................................................................6
Leadership Scenario.........................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Leadership is one of the processes to motivate and influence the group of people to do something
or doing their work in more effective as well as in an efficient manner. To be a leader, an
individual mist has the ability to motivate or influence other individual. In fact, leaders and
followers uses the leadership style in a process of motivating as well as influencing other for
gaining the objective of the company (Antonakis & Day, 2017).
Trait Theory
Part A
The trait model of leadership is majorly based on the characteristics of many leaders that
include both successful as well as unsuccessful leaders. Such trait is used to predict the
effectiveness of leadership (Prentice, Jayawickreme & Fleeson, 2019).
There are certain leadership traits that every individual possessed. Therefore, the one
leadership traits that I possessed from the trait theory is loyalty and reliability. I always do my
task with honesty and integrity. I have done work in one of the small shop, where my owner
always trusted me and leave his office on me.
The second leadership trait that possessed is strong analytical abilities and making a good
judgment. I am good in taking instant decision that forces others to rely on my decision making.
It is one of the good sign of being successful leader. For example, for achieving targeted goal in

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my life I have chosen to leave my native country and come to abroad to grow in my career. It is
one of the best decisions that I have made it.
One of the leadership traits that I don’t possess is self-confidence. I feel very nervous in
presenting myself in the huge crowed. I have lack of self-confidence that resists me to being as a
good leader. I am with full of fear and anxious that create the issue of lack in self confidence in
me (Matthews, 2018). One of the incident happened with me in which I have just attend one
seminar of business communication. In such seminar we have also given one topic that needs to
be discussed in front of more than 100 audiences. The topic that was given to us was very simple
however, I was very nervous in presenting the speech among such crowded place. I was just keep
quit in front of the audience. It t happened due to the lack of self-confidence in me
Part B
Being passionate is one of the essential parts of good leadership style. It is one of the trait
that is not mentioned in the trait theory and it is essential as well to lead a team. If leader is not
passionate towards its work, then he would not able to lead its team in an effective and efficient
manner. Therefore, I possess the trait of being passionate towards my work. It made me effective
leader as comparison to the other.
Part C
According to the trait theory analysis, I feel that I could be a good leader due to the
reason I have strong decision power making quality which is essential for being a successful
leader. Furthermore, I work with honesty and integrity which would help other to make trust on
me that would help me in leading the team in more effective as well as in an efficient manner.