8 • e Strategic Project Leader
Effective Leadership
Extensive research is available on how one becomes an eective leader.
All of the competing theories ow from either the trait theories or behav-
ioral theories.
e trait theory states that leadership is inherited. Many people still
believe that leaders are born with innate qualities that make them more
likely to be good leaders. e behavioral theory of leadership takes the
position that by observing the actions and behaviors of leaders and
mimicking them, one can learn to be an eective leader. Behaviorists
attempt to measure the actions and behaviors of leaders by observation to
determine how they lead.
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en, aspiring leaders can mimic or learn these
actions and become eective.
But these ...