Discuss the controversy on whether leadership qualities are innate or acquired, i.e. are good

leaders born that way? Briefly describe your experience as a leader.

Which traits of a successful
leader do you possess and which would you like to have? Which task and/or maintenance roles
do you tend to assume? How do you anticipate using leadership skills in your chosen career?
What will be an ideal response?

Scholarship tends to support the notion that leadership qualities are developed through
experience. Although no trait or set of traits consistently appears in leaders, successful leaders
tend to have more adaptability, ambition, creativity, inspiration, rapid information processing,
self-confidence, desire to lead, fair-mindedness, focus on empowerment, supportiveness,
technological knowledge, and trustworthiness. Task roles are those focused on accomplishing
the group's goal; maintenance roles foster positive relationships.