apability to have sure about one s talent, expertise and proficiency. It contains dignity, self-respect, pride and faith that can differentiate one from others. It is very necessary for influencing others (Northouse, 2007, p. 24).
. Determination: Eagerness to get the work complete. It consists of endurance, enthusiasm, action, and supremacy. Leaders who show determination are enthusiastic and have the capability to persist against hurdles (Northouse, 2007, p. 25).
. Integrity: It is a combination of truthfulness and faithfulness. These leaders follow strongly the rules and take accountability for their behaviour. Leaders who have integrity, they stimulate morale in others. They do what they said (Northouse, 2007, p. 25).
. Sociability: It is leader s capability to look for good social connections or interactions with different kinds of people. These leaders are communicative, cordial, civil, strategic, gentle, and careful. They are concerned about others health, happiness and requirements (Northouse, 2007, p. 26) .pre-conditions for effective use of Trait theory varies according to conditions. The leader should be honest and communicative, so that he/she can work effectively with the members or followers. Effective communication with team helps a leader to attain the targets and goals. Leader should be flexible enough so that he can adopt new ideas and changes for better performance and success. Leaders should be consistent, as leaders who are consistent get respect. They are considered to be fair by the followers. Leader should have good vision, so that he/she can make the plans according to that for better performance and output. Leader should be intelligent, so that he can do better judgements regarding decisions and can introduce creative work. The leader should be supportive in nature, so that he can help the followers whenever there is problem or complexity in situations. The leader should be interested in feedbacks so that he can improve his behaviour or areas that need improvement to become a better leader. The leader should be opportunity-driven and strategic for better plans and ideas to implement in the organisation (Khan, +2014, p. 1)
· The leaders are seen as people with gifted traits.
· This theory has given criteria that if we want to be a leader what traits we need to develop or attain.
· The trait theory can be applied to different types of people who are working at different levels.
· A leader can use this theory to get to know about their strengths and weakness.
· This theory says that leaders are those persons who exhibit extra-ordinary characteristics and qualities.
· Only trait theory of leadership can make claim to provide satisfactoriness.
· Trait theory of leadership is suitable for both groups and individuals.
· It provides detailed information about leaders.
· This theory of leadership is valid as long time research is done on this theory.
· Lots of research has been done for proposing this theory (Hazem Abolrous, 2014, npg).
· Some traits are not by birth but can be developed by training.
· Trait theory of leadership is not effective for training and development of leaders as most of the traits in leader are born traits.
· The characteristics that are necessary for developing leadership may not be similar to those traits that are essential for a leadership to maintain.
· Trait theory of leadership is very complicated.
· It does not consider the situations.
· The number of traits in an effective leader is large in count.
· Trait theory of leadership does not prioritize the traits and does not tells which trait is more important and why?
· Most of the modern theories of leadership consider trait theory of leadership out-dated (Hazem Abolrous, +2014, npg).
CONCLUSION
trait theory of leadership was among the initial analytical efforts that were used to study leadership. This theory tells that leadership traits are inherited and connected to personal characteristics. In spite of the weaknesses, this theory gives a lot of information regarding leaders and leadership. Trait theory of leadership can be used at different levels including individual, organisational, etc. For example, by giving various exams and tests, people can identify their qualities, strengths, weaknesses and their place in the organisation. Manage...
