Trait theory of Leadership
Trait theory of the leadership is based on the abilities of the many leaders comparing to the both
successful and the unsuccessful persons .
It is used to predict the leadership effectiveness.
The following list of the traits are compared to predict the potential leaders to assess their skills
of success and failure .
They are identifying the physiological appearance height ,weight
Demographic -age , education ,socio economic background .
personality ,self-confidence ,aggressiveness.
intellective intelligence ,decisiveness ,judgement and the knowledge .
Task related achievements such as achievement drive initiative.
sociability coopreativeness with the leader emergence leader effectiveness.
Successful leaders should have the interests ,abilities and personality traits that are different
from those less effective leaders .
through many researchers conducted the last three decades of the 20 th century with a set of
the core traits that have been identified .
Traits are not only responsible solely to identify whether a person will be a successful leader
and not but they are essentially seen in the leadership potential
Advantages of the trait theory are naturally pleasing theory
It is valid as a lot of research has validated the foundation and the basics of the theory .
It give the detailed idea of the knowledge and understanding of the leader elements in the
leadership process .
Trait theory of the leadership is based on the abilities of the many leaders comparing to the both
successful and the unsuccessful persons .
It is used to predict the leadership effectiveness.
The following list of the traits are compared to predict the potential leaders to assess their skills
of success and failure .
They are identifying the physiological appearance height ,weight
Demographic -age , education ,socio economic background .
personality ,self-confidence ,aggressiveness.
intellective intelligence ,decisiveness ,judgement and the knowledge .
Task related achievements such as achievement drive initiative.
sociability coopreativeness with the leader emergence leader effectiveness.
Successful leaders should have the interests ,abilities and personality traits that are different
from those less effective leaders .
through many researchers conducted the last three decades of the 20 th century with a set of
the core traits that have been identified .
Traits are not only responsible solely to identify whether a person will be a successful leader
and not but they are essentially seen in the leadership potential
Advantages of the trait theory are naturally pleasing theory
It is valid as a lot of research has validated the foundation and the basics of the theory .
It give the detailed idea of the knowledge and understanding of the leader elements in the
leadership process .
