LEADERSHIP APPROACHES

Trait Approach and Skills Approach

Trait Approach and Skills Approach

Introduction

The term leadership refers to process when a group of people follow a person for the attainment of mutual goals or interests. Considerable researches have been carried out to explore the diversification of this term, and different approaches have so far been introduced in this regard. However, this study will compare two different approaches to leadership that is trait approach and skills approach.

Comparison

There are two main leader-focused approaches. The 'trait approach' considers that identifying the personality traits of influential leaders is a good first step to selecting people with those qualities (using ...