Task Related Personality Traits

1- Courage
2- Resiliency
3- Initiative
4- Internal Locus of Control
5- Flexibility and Adaptability
6- Sensitivity to others and empathy

Initiative:
o Taking action without support and stimulation from others
o Initiative is also related to problem finding ability.

Sensitivity to others and empathy:
o Understanding
o Who the group members are,
o What their position , and
o How to best communicate with and influence them
Achieving sensitivity to others requires empathy i. e
Ability to place oneself in the other person’s shoes.

Flexibility & adaptability:
o Flexibility is the ability to adjust to different situations
o Leader must adjust to demands of different situations
o Leader must facilitate change
o Must be flexible to cope with changes.

Internal Locus of Control:
o Closely related to self confidence
o Facilitates self confidence as the person feels that he can control circumstances and perform well

Courage:
o Leaders need courage to :-
o Face the challenges of taking risk &
o Taking initiative in general
o Suggest new undertaking.

Resiliency:
Ability to recover.
o Leaders, bounce back quickly from setbacks