2. CHAPTER SEVEN
Leadership Traits

3. The Five Factor Model of Personality
Five Factor Dimensions
Traits
Behaviors/Items
Surgency
Dominance
Sociability
I like having responsibility for others.
I have a large group of friends.
Agreeableness
Empathy
Friendly
I am a sympathetic person.
I am usually in good mood.
Dependability
Organization
Credibility
Conformity
Achievement orientation
I usually make “to do” lists.
I practice what I preach.
I rarely get into trouble.
I am a high achiever.
Adjustment
Steadiness
Self-acceptance
I remain calm in pressure situations.
I take personal criticism well.
Intellectance
I like traveling to foreign countries.

4. The Building Blocks Of Skills
Skills/ Competencies
Knowledge
Experience
Easier to Change
Intelligence
Personality Traits and Preferences
Values Interests Motives/Goals
More difficult to Change

5. Dark-Side Personality Traits
Argumentative
Interpersonal insensitivity
Narcissism

6. Dark-Side Personality Trait, continued
Fear of failure
Perfectionism
Impulsivity

7. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Four basic preference dimensions in which people can differ:
Extraversion-Introversion
Sensing-Intuition
Thinking-Feeling
Judging-Perceiving

8. The Building Blocks Of Skills
Skills/ Competencies
Knowledge
Experience
Easier to Change
Intelligence
Analytic intelligence
Synthetic abilities
Creative intelligence
Personality Traits and Preferences
Values Interests Motives/Goals
More difficult to Change

9. Average Intelligence Test Scores By Management Level67 66 65 64 63 62 61 N=
Supervisor First-line Manager Middle Manager Executive

10. Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
A group of mental abilities that help people to recognize their own feelings and those of others

11. Limitations Of EQ Literature
Research does not indicate that EQ is more important than intelligence in leadership.
Few EQ researchers have acknowledged the existence of personality-leadership effectiveness research.
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.