Name one strength and one criticism of the skills approach to leadership.
What will be an ideal response?
For strengths, students may name any one of the following: it was the first approach to focus on the development of skills (vs. innate traits); it is intuitively appealing; it provides an expansive view of leadership and acknowledges leadership’s complexity; it provides a structure consistent with leadership development programs; for criticisms, students can name any one of the following: the skills approach is so broad that it is more general and less precise; it is weak in predictive value; it claims to not be a trait model when in fact it includes traits (attributes/personality); it may not be applied across a variety of leadership contexts.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Which of the following defensive strategies is Atlas using? A) porcupine provision B) golden parachute C) white knight D) greenmail