Leadership Theories, What Makes Leadership Successful

Your nameInstructorCourseDateWhat often makes leadership successful? Leadership theories attempt to explain why certain leadership is successful while leadership matrix describes the definitions, characteristics, and examples of the defined leadership approach, including the behavioral leadership, contingency leadership, situational leadership, and skills leadership.TheoryDefinition/CharacteristicsExamplesTrait LeadershipTrait leadership can be described as a theory that tries to explain the qualities and traits that an individual must have in order to be a great leader. However, trait theories assume that people take after certain traits and qualities that make them to better leaders. Specifically, trait theories try to explain why some particular behavioral characteristics or personality is common among successful leaders. Traits like courage, extroversion, and self-confidence among others could potentially be linked to successful leaders. The challenge that still exists in defining characteristics of trait leadership is how we can identify/explain people who possess these characteristics considering that we have a large number of people who possess these characteristics yet these individuals have never attempted to seek for a position in leadership. Whereas there are individuals that lack this characteristic yet they have successfully made to leadership.