2. An effective leader sees more clearly than a less effective one the strengths and weaknesses of individual members of their team

3. An effective leader realizes people have mixed feelings towards authority: i.e., they both like it and do not like it

4. To be an effective leader one must decide whether they are going to be democratic or autocratic and then stick to it

5. Effective leaders tend to smooth over or avoid conflicts between members of the group rather than confront them

6. An effective leader thinks in terms of duties and activities rather than results and objectives

7. An effective leader is one who keeps their desk neat and clean

8. An effective leader puts a great value on humour and uses it to keep a sense of perpective when the group is struggling with a problem

9. Besides the authority of their position, an effective leader tries to develop other forms of influence, i.e., personality, competence and character

10. An effective leader is one who leads a group to its goals

11. An effective leader encourages honest disagreement in order to find better solutions

12. An effective leader treats each member of the group in the same way

13. An effective leader is one who usually gets his or her way in a group discussion

14. An effective leader builds on the strengths of the group, doing the things they do well and omitting those they cannot

15. An ineffective leader often gets lost in the jungles of duties and loses track of objectives

16. An effective leader considers their men, their quality and development, to be the most important resources- far more important than materials or money

17. An effective leader is sensitive both to group and individual needs as well as the demands of the situation

18. Leadership should be shared in a group, moving from one member to another, according to the competence required in the situation