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Personality Power

What type of personality do you have? What type of personality does your leader have? Have you ever been in a situation in which your personality clashes with the personality of your boss? Maybe there is something about you that your boss doesn’t like. Our fourth trait of a selfish leader according to the article “What Makes a True Leader” by JeroldAust is playing to personalities. This trait ties together with number three, playing favorites. Often times leaders click with someone’s personality and they end up showing favorites to that person. There is another aspect of this trait and that is when the leader seeks power for selfish reason. They will seek out other leaders who might be in a position of greater influence in order to eventually gain more power for themselves. You may have seen this in someone who is give a position of leadership and all of a sudden they ignore those they used to work with because they perceive them as below them. They instead seek out other leader...