Scenario B. At a management retreat, you and a group of your colleagues are reminiscing about how much you enjoyed college life. Everyone remembers their favorite management topics. You are all surprised to realize that each of you has a favorite leadership perspective. However, no one can remember the name of the theory they liked most!
1. Tammy Jean knows that her favorite leadership perspective is the one that assumed that leaders are born, not made. (This is because Tammy Jean does, in fact, believe she is a "born leader!")
2. Li, on the other hand, has found that her most effective style of leadership is to capitalize on the fact that she arouses a sense of excitement in her employees, who genuinely like and admire her and want to follow her lead.
3. William argues that his favorite theory recognized that the best answer concerning which style of leadership to use is "It depends!" He maintains that the theory he liked the most argued for "looking before you lead."

-Tammy Jean's favorite leadership perspective is the

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Scenario B. At a management retreat, you and a group of your colleagues are reminiscing about how much you enjoyed college life. Everyone remembers their favorite management topics. You are all surprised to realize that each of you has a favorite leadership perspective. However, no one can remember the name of the theory they liked most!
1. Tammy Jean knows that her favorite leadership perspective is the one that assumed that leaders are born, not made. (This is because Tammy Jean does, in fact, believe she is a "born leader!")
2. Li, on the other hand, has found that her most effective style of leadership is to capitalize on the fact that she arouses a sense of excitement in her employees, who genuinely like and admire her and want to follow her lead.
3. William argues that his favorite theory recognized that the best answer concerning which style of leadership to use is "It depends!" He maintains that the theory he liked the most argued for "looking before you lead."

-Tammy Jean's favorite leadership perspective is the

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The trait approach is the leadership perspective that assumes leaders are born with innate traits and qualities that make them effective leaders. Tammy Jean's belief that leaders are born, not made aligns with this perspective. The other options (behavioral, situational, charismatic, and transactional approaches) do not necessarily focus on the concept of being born with innate leadership traits.