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Personality Traits of Leaders Building Connections: Community Leadership Program

Personality Traits of Leaders Building Connections: Community Leadership Program. What personality traits does it take to lead?. Improving Lives. Improving Texas. Objectives. Define personality traits Describe and understand the “Big Five Model of Personality”

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Personality Traits of Leaders Building Connections: Community Leadership Program

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  1. Personality Traits of Leaders Building Connections: Community Leadership Program What personality traits does it take to lead? Improving Lives. Improving Texas.

  2. Objectives • Define personality traits • Describe and understand the “Big Five Model of Personality” • Review other common personality traits in leaders

  3. Definitions • Traits – Distinguishing personal characteristics • Personality – a combination of traits that classifies an individual’s behavior

  4. The Big 5 Model of Personality Surgency Adjustment Agreeableness Openness to Experience Conscientiousness Lussier and Achua (2001)

  5. Surgency • Leadership and extraversion traits • Interested in getting ahead • Leads through influencing • Outgoing • Likes to meet new people • Willing to confront others

  6. Agreeableness • Traits related to getting along with others • Warm, easygoing, compassionate, friendly and sociable • Has lots of friends

  7. Adjustable • Traits related to emotional stability • The fine line between stable and unstable. • Stable is being calm, good under pressure, relaxed and secure • Unstable is being nervous, poor under pressure, insecure

  8. Conscientiousness • Traits related to achievement • High credibility, conformity and organization • Work hard and put in extra time and effort to meet goals

  9. Openness to Experience • Traits related to willingness to change and try new things • Willing to take calculated risks

  10. Conclusions of the Big 5 • Many organizations use the “Big Five Model of Personality.” • It has universal application. • Leaders need to know their personality type. • Best predictor of job performance is conscientiousness dimension.

  11. Effective Leader Traits Sensitivity to Others Dominance Intelligence Stability Integrity Flexibility Locus of Control High Energy Self-Confidence

  12. Derailed Leadership Traits • Bullying Style • Viewed as being cold / arrogant • Betrayed personal trust • Self centered • Unable to delegate • Low performing organization

  13. Conclusions • You don’t to have all these traits • You need to know your own self • Know your strengths / weaknesses • Work on the weak points to get better

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