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Leadership Traits, Style, and Skills Development focuses on the qualities, approaches, and capabilities that enable individuals to effectively lead and influence others within an organization. Leadership traits include characteristics such as integrity, confidence, accountability, emotional intelligence, vision, and resilience, which help leaders inspire trust and achieve organizational goals. Leadership styles, such as autocratic, democratic, transformational, and transactional leadership, determine how leaders interact with employees and make decisions. Skills development involves the continuous improvement of technical, interpersonal, communication, problem-solving, and strategic thinking abilities necessary for effective leadership. Together, leadership traits, styles, and skills development contribute to enhanced team performance, employee motivation, organizational effectiveness, and the successful achievement of both short-term objectives and long-term strategic goals.
This lecture is part of BUA 205 Foundation of Leadership and Governance in the Business Administration department. The course has 15 recorded lectures across 5 series, all free to watch. Read or download the BUA 205 lecture note to study alongside the video.