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TRAIT THEORY • What Type of Person Makes a Good Leader? • Leader posses certain key personality traits which identify them as natural leaders. • Leaders are born, not made. • People inherit certain qualities and traits that make them better suited to leadership.

BEHAVIORAL THEORY • What Does a Good Leader Do? • “The style approach to leadership” • It focuses on the behavior of the leader and what leaders do and how they act. • A leader behavior is the best predictor of his leadership influences • Leaders are made, not born. • People can learn to become leaders through teaching and observation.

SITUATIONAL THEORY • Situational theory propose that leaders choose the best course of action based upon situational variables. • Instead of using just one style, successful leaders should change their leadership styles based on the maturity of the people they're leading and the details of the task.

LEADERSHIP STYLES • Telling (S1) – Leaders tell their people exactly what to do, and how to do it. • Selling (S2) – Leaders still provide information and direction, but there's more communication with followers. Leaders "sell" their message to get the team on board.

LEADERSHIP STYLES • Participating (S3) – Leaders focus more on the relationship and less on direction. The leader works with the team, and shares decisionmaking responsibilities. • Delegating (S4) – Leaders most of the responsibility onto the follower or group. The leaders still monitor progress, but they're less involved in decisions.

MOTIVATIONAL THEORY • Motivation is whatever influences our choices and creates direction, intensity, and persistence in our behavior. • Management style is strongly influenced by your beliefs and assumptions about what motivates of your team

THEORY X • Theory X assumes that employees are naturally unmotivated and dislike working, and this encourages an authoritarian style of management.

THEORY Y • Theory Y expounds a participative style of management that is de-centralized. It assumes that employees are happy to work, are selfmotivated and creative, and enjoy working with greater responsibility.