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