My Philosophy Of Leadership Essay

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My philosophy of a leadership is shaped by many of the components included in trait theory. I think leaders have specific traits that make them effective in leading. In my first discussion question I used my father-in-law as example of an effective leader by describing traits that made him effective as a leader as a result, I felt inclined to use him in the leadership questionnaire. Unsurprisingly, the survey revealed that faculty rated my father in law high in empathy, sensitivity, perceptive, trustworthy, and dependability. I think it is important for the leader being surveyed to understand his or her effectiveness as a leader based of individual traits. Joseph A. Schafer article entitled, Effective leaders and leadership in policing: