OL140 Lecture 2: OL 140 - OC2_ Lecture_ Week of January 8th 2018
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Ol 140 - oc2: lecture: week of january 8th 2018: Lecture notes: leadership traits - others and yours: Six main traits associated with leadership: intelligence, confidence, charisma, determination, sociability, integrity. Leadership trait theory: searching for traits - great man theory: Based on the belief that select individuals were born with superior traits, attributes and abilities. Thomas carlyle generally credited with great man approach to understanding leadership , sometime in the 1840s. Based his research on study of leaders like shakespeare, muhammad, attila the hun, These individuals had special and extraordinary qualities that lead to their leadership. Leadership was in the purview of men. Great man theories turned into trait theories, in the early 1900"s the hunt for leaderships traits was on. The traits included physical, like height and stature, as well as psychological traits, like intelligence. During this time the world endured two world wars and great depression, the need for military, political and business leaders was high.
