"Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done"
--Vance Packard
Every group has a leader, in some groups there is only one, where as in others there are a few. Leaders are picked in many different ways, some are chosen because they have a high ranking position within the organization or company, some are voted in, others emerge because they are more outspoken and some are just good at "Rock, Paper, Scissors". Either way, the leadership role is vital to the success of the group.
Leadership was actually the topic of research at one time and researchers found that there are basically four different approaches.
1. The Traits Approach: A born leader, the kind of person that Donald Trump is looking for in "The Apprentice". They naturally possess the traits of a leader some of which are intelligence, self-confidence, accountability, dependability, decisiveness and sociability. The only problem with this approach is that......
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