Construction Contingency Theory Goal Skills 
LDRLB
FEBRUARY 4, 2010
The skills theory grew from the obvious flaw in the trait approach; traits are relatively fixed. This meant that trait theory was not particularly useful for developing new leaders who lack those traits. Skills theorists sought to discover the skills and abilities that made leaders effective. Why Theory.
LDRLB
JANUARY 14, 2010
This is where theory comes in. Leadership and organizational theories are constructed and tested by examining not just the successes but also the failures. Good and bad leaders, successful and failing change efforts, all get included in the analysis and the resulting theories spare us from our survivorship bias.
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