Scenario B: At a management retreat,Nicole Noah and her colleagues are reminiscing about how much they enjoyed college life.Everyone remembers their favorite management topics.Nicole Noah is surprised to realize that each of them has a favorite leadership perspective.However,no one can remember the name of the theory they liked most!
Lauren Lila knows that her favorite leadership perspective is the one that assumed that leaders are born,not made.(This is because Lauren Lila does,in fact,believe she is a "born leader.")
Misha Madison,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.
Tony Enzo 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."
Darren Liam argues that the company will be most effective when the leader makes decisions on his or her own and then announces those decisions to the group.
-Enzo's favorite leadership perspective is the ________ approach.

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Enzo's emphasis on "It depends" and "looking before you lead" suggests that he is referring to the situational approach, which emphasizes the importance of adapting leadership style to the specific situation at hand. Trait theory emphasizes innate characteristics of leaders, behavioral theory suggests that leadership can be learned and developed through specific behaviors, charismatic leadership focuses on the leader's ability to inspire followers through their own personal magnetism, and transactional leadership emphasizes the exchange of rewards and punishments for achieving goals. Liam's perspective aligns somewhat with the autocratic leadership style, where the leader makes unilateral decisions without much input from the group.

Scenario B: at a Management Retreat,Nicole Noah and Her Colleagues