Week 1 Discussion 2 Leadership Trait Questionnaire

Rate yourself on the Leadership Trait Questionnaire. What do you perceive as your greatest strength? Give an example of how your behavior in one situation illustrated this strength. What do you perceive as your greatest weakness? Give an example of how your behavior in one situation illustrated this weakness. 

Required Resources  

Text 

Northouse, P. (2013). Leadership theory and practice (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 9781452203409.  

Articles 

Adams, S. (2012, October 4). 10 tough truths about leadership (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site.. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2012/10/04/10-tough-truths-about-leadership/  Leadership through collaboration and harmony: How to lead without formal authority. (2009, November). Perspectives for Managers, 180, 1-4.  

Browning, B.W. (2007, May). Leadership in desperate times: An analysis of endurance: Shackleton's incredible voyage through the lens of leadership theory. Advances in Developing Human Resources, 9(2), 183-193.  

Wickham, K. & Walther, J. (2007, January - March). Perceived behaviors of emergent and assigned leaders in virtual groups. International Journal of E-Collaboration, 3(1), 1-17.  

Forbes School of Business Faculty  

References:  

Emotional intelligence: Developing strong "people skills” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_59.htm  

Elder, L. (1996). Critical thinking and emotional intelligence (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines, 16(2). Retrieved from http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/cognition-and-affect-critical-thinking-and-emotional-intelligence/485   

Greg, A. [Allan Greg In Conversation] (2012, March 13). Daniel Goleman explains emotional intelligence (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/NeJ3FF1yFyc  

Kahn, J. (2013, September 11). Can emotional intelligence be taught? (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/magazine/can-emotional-intelligence-be-taught.html?_r=0  

Northouse, P. (2013). Leadership theory and practice (6th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.