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- Is everyone cut out to be a leader? Explain.
- Has your college education helped you develop any of the traits that characterize leaders? Explain.
- Should organizations change anything in response to research pertaining to gender and leadership? If yes, describe your recommendations.
- What leadership traits and behavioral styles are possessed by the President of the United States?
- Does it make more sense to change a person's leadership style or the situation? How would Fred Fiedler and Robert House answer this question?
- Describe how a professional coach in any sport might use House's revised path-goal theory to clarify players' path-goal perceptions.
- Identify three transformational leaders, and describe their leadership traits and behavioral styles.
- Have you ever worked for a transformational leader? Describe how he or she transformed followers.
- Have you ever been a member of an in-group or out-group? For either situation, describe the pattern of interaction between you and your manager.
- In your view, which leadership theory has the greatest practical application? Why?
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