THEORIES OF LEADERSHIP

By AKHTAR ALI CHANG

2K16/BLBBA/07

TO: Ms. TAYYABA MAKHDOOM

 What Is Leadership?

• The ability to influence a

group toward the
achievement of a vision or
set of goals.
 LEADERSHIP THEORIES
• TRAIT THEORY

• BEHAVIOURAL THEORIES

• CONTINGENCY THEORIES
 TRAIT THEORIES
• Traits theories of
leadership
• Theories that consider
personality, social, physical,
or intellectual traits to
differentiate leaders from
non-leaders.
Leadership Traits:
• Ambition and energy
•The desire to lead
•Honest and integrity
•Self confidence
•Intelligence
•High self monitoring
•Job relevant
knowledge
 • LIMITATIONS

• No universal traits found

that predict leadership in
all situations

TRAIT • Unclear evidence of the

cause and effect of
THEO relationship of leadership
and traits.

RIES
 CRITICISM OF TRAIT THEORY
• Various studies prove that the theory cannot hold
good for all set of circumstances
• The list of trait is not uniform and different authors
have given different lists of traits.
• It fails to take into account influence of other factors
on leadership
• There have been leaders who doesn’t have these traits
but they are recognized as a good corporate leader
and on the other hand the persons with the traits
listed in this theory are not the good leader.
 BEHAVIORAL THEORIES
• Behavioral theories of leadership
• Theories proposing that specific behaviors
differentiate leaders form non leaders.
TRAIT THEORY
Leaders are born, not made

BEHAVIORAL THEORY
Leadership traits can be taught.