The Personality of Leadership

by: Jeff Earlywine Have you ever wondered what type of person or personality makes the best leader? Most would consider the answer to that question to be the person that has the greatest success, the largest organization, or the best staff. Conversely, have you ever wondered how it is that a person with little drive or entrepreneurial skills ends up in a leadership position? You know the type person I am writing about, a person that couldnt lead a dog on a walk, but has been given the responsibility of leading a large and well-established organization. While I was in college I met a person that had skills and a personality type much different than I first thought. After serving in a very successful pastoral role for several years this person was offered the position of Bible Department President at Lee University. Part of his duties included teaching a full load of classes at the university. When he arrived to class on his first day he had a notebook for each student. A notebook full of outlines for lessons he was going to teach the entire semester. WOW! To say the least, I was impressed. I just knew that this person had to be the most organized person in the world. Years later, however, I had the opportunity to work with his son, and I made the remark that he must have the most organized father in the world. His response was, My dad is incredibly unorganized, but he makes up for it with his leadership personality. He knows the value of having a diverse team around him. That statement, and learning experience, gave birth to this months edition of Footprints and Monuments. Some people have an easier time developing their leadership skills than others. Most agree that certain personality types make better leaders. So the real question is, What is your leadership personality? Below are examples of different leadership personalities, as you read each one try to decide which best fits you.

Powerful leader this type leader is also known as the lion in the organization. He is a person that loves to be in the drivers seat. The strength of this leadership personality is good decision making skills, the negative is the tendency to be a morale killer. However, once people see his caring heart, they will learn to love and respect him, and will also grow from his challenges. Perfectionist leader this type leader is also known as the beaver in the organization. She is the type person that keeps all the Ts crossed and the Is dotted. A person with this personality type can easily handle the details of day-to-day operations, but can let the small stuff get in the way. Rest assured however, everyone that she comes in contact with will learn and grow from her wisdom.

Peaceful leader this type leader is known as the golden retriever in the organization. He is by far the hardest to motivate, and will frustrate most of the other personality types.

However, this type of personality possesses the greatest amount of compassion. So much so that it will be very easy for others to share their innermost feelings with him.

Popular leader this type leader is known as the fun-loving otter in the organization. She is always ready to have fun, and will create a fun environment if one is not there. Her leadership strength is the ability to rally the troops to achieve the organizations goals. Everyone loves to spend time with this type personality, everyone except the beavers. Fun-loving otters will often overlook the details that are important to making everything balance at the end of the day; or so beavers tend to think.

What type leadership personality do you have? What are your strengths and weaknesses? What about your leadership team, what are their leadership personalities? Next months addition of Footprints and Monuments will reveal how to have and evaluate the best leadership team around.
LIST OF TEST LABORATORY MATERIALS REQUIRED BY PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT

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Dyslexia Screening Test-Junior (DST-J) A.Fawcett & R.Nicholson

Pearson Clinical and Talent Assessment,3rd Floor Alfa Center, Unit B,#20,Koramangala Inner Ring Road, Bangalore 560047 -do-

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Dyslexia Screening Test-Secondary (DST-S) A.Fawcett & R.Nicholson

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Beck Youth Inventories for Children and AdolescentsSecond Edition (BYI-II) J.S.Beck et.al

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Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) A.T.Beck & R.A.Steer

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Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales Second Edition (Vineland-II) by S.S.Sparow,D.V.Cichetti & D.A.Bala

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Weschler Memory Scale 3rd Edition India (WMS III India) by D.Weschler Weschler Memory Scale 3rd Edition UK (WMS IV) by D.Weschler Binet Kamat Test of Intelligence (BKT)

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PsychoMatrix Neelkanth House(Ground Floor) S524,School Block,Shakarpur, Delhi110092

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Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (BGT II) 2nd edn.Gary Brannigan, Scott Decker, 2003 Set contg.Stimulus Cards, Examiners Manual, 25 test record,25 motor test booklets,25 perception test booklets. use.

2 complete set

1450

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Hamilton Depression Inventory (HDI)Comprehensive Kit includes manual,10 reusable item booklets,25 summary sheets,25 answer sheets,25 short form test booklets and HDI Scoring programme-3.5 disk Hamilton Depression Inventory (HDI)Short Form Introductory Kit includes HDI Professional manual,&25 short form test booklets. Revised Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (RHRSD) kit includes 20 auto score RHRSD Clinical forms,20 auto score RHRSD self report problem inventories,1 manual Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Comprehensive Kit Clinical Guide \,pkt norms card,users guide,50 test forms

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Mini Mental State Examination 2nd edn(MMSE2) MMSE 2 Standard version includes MMSE 2 Users manual,25MMSE 2 SV blue forms 25 MMSE 2 SV Red forms 10 MMSE 2 : BV Blue forms,10 MMSE 2 BV Red forms and pkt norms guide MMSE 2:Expanded version includes MMSE II users manual,25 MMSE 2 :EV Blue forms, 25 MMSE 2 :EV Red forms,2 processing speed scoring templates(Blue & Red)& pkt norms guide

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MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR (MBTI) Specimen sets: MBTI Form M : Set contg.10 Booklets, 15 A/sheets, 25 Report Form, set of scoring Template and Manual MBTI Form G : Booklet, A/sheets, Report Form and Scoring template set MBTI Form G -Self Scorable Specimen set MBTI Form F Booklet, A/sheets, Report Form and Scoring Template set MBTI Type Differentiation Indicator : Form J PreviewKit MBTI Form K Step II Expended Interpretive Report Preview Kit: MBTI Relationship Report -Couples Counseling Preview Kit MBTI Expanded Analysis Report Manual -do2 complete set Rs.

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Interpretive Guide for the MBTI Expanded Analysis Report Workbook for the MBTI Expanded Analysis Report Computerised Biofeedback machine

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