A nursing instructor is evaluating whether the nursing students understand the three fundamental qualities that leaders share. According to Bennis and Nanus, the fundamental qualities of effective leaders are:
a. guided vision, passion, and integrity.
b. knowledge of self, honesty, and maturity.
c. intelligence, self-confidence, and determination.
d. honesty, self-awareness, and sociability.
A
Bennis and Nanus list guided vision, passion, and integrity as fundamental qualities of effective
leaders. Knowledge of self, honesty and maturity; intelligence, self-confidence and determination;
self-awareness and sociability are all desirable traits in leaders as well as in others.
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