| The goal of leadership training is to teach | | | | |
| people how a leader motivates a group of | | | | - The ability to motivate people out of their |
| diverse and talented people toward a common | | | | "comfort zones" |
| goal. Leadership always has been and always | | | | |
| will be a challenge, given the fact that | | | | - Improving decision-making abilities |
| human behavior is involved so much. Of | | | | |
| course, even the most influential leaders in | | | | - Improved Goal Setting |
| history made their mistakes. Roosevelt, for | | | | |
| example, was not very well liked. But, yet, | | | | - Developing Personal Goals on a daily basis |
| he is always found on the list of the most | | | | |
| important leaders the world has ever known. | | | | - Continuing Leadership Growth on a personal |
| | | | level |
| Great leaders are known to have strong | | | | |
| personalities. It seems that they find a way | | | | The Theories of Leadership |
| to channel these extreme characteristics, | | | | |
| along with a strong sense of emotional | | | | In the mid 1950's a Harvard-based researcher |
| intelligence, to affect others in a positive | | | | in the psychology of power and achievement, |
| way. Their influence has an impact on the | | | | once stated that that he saw leadership |
| performance of the people they are | | | | skills as a pattern of motives. He claimed |
| influencing. | | | | that successful leaders will tend to have a |
| | | | high need for power, a low need for |
| So what are the areas that professional | | | | affiliation, and a high level of what he |
| leadership training programs should focus on? | | | | called "activity inhibition", or |
| | | | self-control. |
| - Fostering the development of ones | | | | |
| particular talent | | | | Then there's Trait theory. Trait theory, |
| | | | which follows the approach of listing |
| - The drive to be motivated by a certain | | | | person's leadership qualities, says that |
| cause | | | | particular personality traits or |
| | | | characteristics will tend to lead to |
| - Learning purpose and commitment | | | | effective leadership. Although trait theory |
| | | | has its own personal appeal, many people have |
| - Developing a Results-oriented approach | | | | difficulty with proving its end result. |
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| - Optimism | | | | All interesting theories, but the end of the |
| | | | day it all comes down to ones desire to be a |
| - Self Confidence | | | | leader. Everyone really does have it, just at |
| | | | varying levels. Find those on your team that |
| - Empathy | | | | are willing to take the lead in becoming |
| | | | future leaders and immediately begin to |
| - Self-awareness | | | | implement these theories to build a strong |
| | | | and long lasting Network Marketing dynasty. |
| - The ability to choose winners | | | | |