Lecture Leadership: Enhancing the lessons of experience (4/e) – Chapter 7

Chapter 7 - Leadership traits. This chapter examined the relationship between personality traits, personality types, intelligence, and emotional intelligence with leadership success. In general, all of these attributes can help a leader to influence a group toward the accomplishment of its goals, but in and of themselves they are no guarantee of leadership success.

7­1 McGraw­Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved C   HAPTER S EVEN Leadership Traits The Five Factor Model of Personality Five Factor  Dimensions Traits Behaviors/Items Surgency Dominance I like having responsibility for others I have a large group of friends Sociability Agreeableness Empathy Friendly Dependability Organization Credibility Conformity Adjustment Achievement orientation Steadiness Self­acceptance 7­3 I am a sympathetic person I am usually in  good mood I usually make “to do” lists I practice what I preach I rarely get into trouble I am a high achiever I remain calm in pressure situations I take personal criticism well Intellectance I like traveling to foreign countries.  McGraw­Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved The Building Blocks Of Skills Skills/  Competencies Knowledge Intelligence 7­4 McGraw­Hill/Irwin Experience Personality  Traits and  Preferences Values  Interests  Motives/Goals Easier to  Change More  difficult toChange Copyrightâ2002byTheMcGrawưHillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved DarkưSidePersonalityTraits Argumentative Interpersonal insensitivity Narcissism 7ư5 McGrawưHill/Irwin Copyrightâ2002byTheMcGrawưHillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved DarkưSidePersonalityTrait,continued Fearoffailure Perfectionism Impulsivity 7ư6 McGrawưHill/Irwin Copyrightâ2002byTheMcGrawưHillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved MyersưBriggsTypeIndicator Fourbasicpreferencedimensionsin whichpeoplecandiffer: • 7­7 Extraversion­Introversion Sensing­Intuition Thinking­Feeling Judging­Perceiving McGraw­Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved The Building Blocks Of Skills Skills/  Competencies Knowledge Intelligence • Analytic intelligence • Synthetic abilities •Creative intelligence 7­8 McGraw­Hill/Irwin Experience Personality  Traits and  Preferences Values  Interests  Motives/Goals Easier to  Change More  difficult  to Change Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved Average Intelligence Test Scores By  Management Level 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 7­9 N= McGraw­Hill/Irwin Supervisor    First­line Manager    Middle Manager    Executive Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved 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  theexistenceofpersonalityưleadership effectivenessresearch. IftheEQattributesareessentially personalitytraits,thenitisdifficulttosee howtheywillchangeasaresultofa trainingintervention. 7ư11 McGrawưHill/Irwin Copyrightâ2002byTheMcGrawưHillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved  ... 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.  7 11 McGraw­Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved... Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved Emotional  Intelligence (EQ) A group of mental abilities that  help people to recognize their  own feelings and those of others Limitations Of EQ Literature ... Copyright © 2002 by The McGraw­Hill Companies, Inc.  All rights reserved The Building Blocks Of Skills Skills/  Competencies Knowledge Intelligence 7 4 McGraw­Hill/Irwin Experience Personality