Human Resources Management

H.R.M tools in Selecting individual for leadership position (SHRM Book)

Strayer University

HRM 530

Leadership Traits

When we talk about leadership traits, it means characteristics that a leader must possess in

order to influence the followers. It might be intern of personality or a person’s behavior.

Personality is a great affecting factor because it has to deal with emotional thought, feeling, and

behavior pattern of a leader in which the follower believes to be true. In many cases, followers

tend to trust a leader with a stable emotional and thought. In case of a bad situation, they know

that there is someone out there who can lead or solve the problem. Due to this fact, the leader

gains the follower’s interest. In other words, if followers notice that a leader is emotionally

unstable and his or her thoughts are not right in an uncertain situation they tend to look

somewhere else for their solution regardless if their present leader is active. Therefore

personality traits play a vital role in leadership process for this reason one being able to identify

those traits in order to put the right people in leadership position, using five factor model which I

believed to be true can be used or apply in an organization.

Intelligence

Intelligence is a mind thing that comprises of many related abilities to process information,

plan, solve problems, and comprehend ideas and language likewise fast learners. Intelligence

beyond merely book learning or academic skills as most people thought, rather it reflect

analytical, practical and creative aspect. This has a lot to do with the leadership process, as we all

know that the greater the intelligence of a leader, the greater or the better the decision he or she

will make compare to less intelligent leaders. Moreover, thorough consideration should be given

to the analytical, practical, and creative aspect to enable us to put the right...