1. Think of a leader you admire. What traits does this person have? Are they consistant with the traits discussed in this chapter? If not, why was this person effective despite the presence of different traits?

A leader who I admire is my mananger where I work. I am a head supervisor of the games/attractions department at Six Flags New England. Traits that this person has include intellegence, personable, calm, conscientous, understandable. These traits for the most part are pretty consistant with the triats from the chapter. Most of the traits fall into categories of the Big 5 triats in the chapter. He aslo displays triats like integrity which where from the chapter. Even though he does not display some of the traits that are represented in the chapter he is still an effective leader because he is knowlegeable in the business and displays excellent skills in guess service.

2. Can the findings of triats approaches be used to train potential leaders? Which traits seem easier to teach? Which are more stable?
I think that all the traits can be trained to potential leaders. The traits that I feel are easier to teach is the “Openness” because it requires being yourself being to new ideas.
3. How can organizations identify future leaders with a given set of traits? Which methods would be useful for this purpose?
Organizations can identify future leaders with a given set of traits by their personality, physical attributes and their intelligences.
4. What other traits can you think of that would be relevant to leadership?
Other traits that would be relevant to leadership would be energetic, honest, motivation, respect and attitude is important and a good leader should have a positive