Trait theory of Leadership

 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 .