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C HAPTER S EVEN. Leadership Traits. The Five Factor Model of Personality. The Building Blocks Of Skills. Skills/ Competencies. Knowledge. Experience. Easier to Change. Intelligence. Personality Traits and Preferences. Values Interests Motives/Goals. More difficult to Change.
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CHAPTERSEVEN Leadership Traits
The Building Blocks Of Skills Skills/ Competencies Knowledge Experience Easier to Change Intelligence Personality Traits and Preferences Values Interests Motives/Goals More difficult to Change
Dark-Side Personality Traits • Argumentative • Interpersonal insensitivity • Narcissism
Dark-Side Personality Trait, continued • Fear of failure • Perfectionism • Impulsivity
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Four basic preference dimensions in which people can differ: • Extraversion-Introversion • Sensing-Intuition • Thinking-Feeling • Judging-Perceiving
The Building Blocks Of Skills Skills/ Competencies Knowledge Experience Easier to Change • Intelligence • Analytic intelligence • Synthetic abilities • Creative intelligence Personality Traits and Preferences Values Interests Motives/Goals More difficult to Change
Average Intelligence Test Scores By Management Level 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 N= Supervisor First-line Manager Middle Manager Executive
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) A group of mental abilities that help people to recognize their own feelings and those of others
Limitations Of EQ Literature • Research does not indicate that EQ is more important than intelligence in leadership. • Few EQ researchers have acknowledged the existence of personality-leadership effectiveness research. • If the EQ attributes are essentially personality traits, then it is difficult to see how they will change as a result of a training intervention.