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What is the baseline definition of leadership?

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Leadership involves creating a caring, trusting environment. Leaders influence, inspire, and motivate toward goals using charismatic inspiration, selfless sacrifice, and care to guide teams.

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What are the components of Leadership Art and Managerial Sciences?

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Leadership Art applies behavioral sciences to influence goal achievement, including Strategic Art (long-term vision and planning), Operational Art (day-to-day execution), and Tactics (specific actions and decisions). Managerial Sciences include HR, Finance, Sales, Operations, Logistics, Marketing, and IT.

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What are the traits and characteristics of Charismatic Leadership?

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Traits include Pragmatism, Flexibility, Opportunism, and Adaptability. Characteristics include being Expressive, Confident, Self-determined, Insightful, Eloquent, and Energetic.

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What are the downsides of Charismatic Leadership?

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Downsides include Narcissism (self-centeredness, prioritizing personal success) and High Energy (can lead to impulsiveness, burnout, and dominance).

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How does leadership differ from management?

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Managing is task & process-oriented, ensuring short-term efficiency, while leading is people & goal-oriented, focusing on long-term vision.

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What are the key differences between managers and leaders?

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Managers focus on structured short-term goals and measure efficiency, using transactional control. Leaders focus on flexible long-term vision, measure development, and use transformational influence.

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Define Employee, Associate, Subordinate, and Follower.

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Employee: Works for wages below the executive level. Associate: Empowered subordinate in a valued leader relationship. Subordinate: Direct report evaluated by a leader. Follower: Supports and follows a leader.

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What are traits and skills in leadership?

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Traits are innate characteristics that influence behavior. Skills are learned behaviors categorized as Technical Skills (job-specific expertise), Conceptual Skills (big-picture thinking, decision-making), and Interpersonal Skills (emotional intelligence, empathy).

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What is the Big 5 Personality Traits' relation to leadership?

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Openness (creativity, adaptability), Conscientiousness (organized, reliable), Extraversion (sociable, assertive), Agreeableness (empathy, cooperation), and Neuroticism (low stability = poor leadership). Extraversion has the strongest link to leadership.

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What are the MBTI Leadership Styles?

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Extraversion (E) vs. Introversion (I): Outgoing vs. reflective. Sensing (S) vs. Intuition (N): Detail-focused vs. visionary. Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F): Logical vs. empathetic. Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P): Structured vs. adaptable.