1. Trait Theories of Leadership

2. Agenda
Description
Theorists
Strengths
Critiques
Case Studies

3. Description Collection of theories Personal attributes Innate
Situational concerns vary
Key traits: Trustworthiness, emotional intelligence, courage, self-confidence, and adaptability

4. Theorists Ralph Stogdill (1948) R.D. Mann (1959)
M.W. McCall and M.M. Lombardo (1983)
J.W. Gardner (1989)

5. Strengths Identification of Leaders Face validity
Trait lists have sizeable overlap

6. Critiques Too simplistic Contradictory research
Definitional relativism

7. Case Studies
Abraham Lincoln
Richard Nixon
Barack Obama