Cyber Times International Journal of Technology & Management

An exemplary leader is one who creates standards of excellence, models the way for others to follow, inspires a shared vision for exciting possibilities, challenges the existing process and searches for new opportunities, empowers others to act to the vision and recognizes individual contributions to encourage others to accomplish the extraordinary. Traits of an exemplary leader: 1) It’s all about people: If you are someone who can lead and manage people with extraordinary human skills, you are good to go. 2) Think big, but stay grounded. 3) Think global, but act local, 4) Have a 50,000 feet view, but accept and work within the day-to-day realities, 5) Be compassionate, but tough when required, 6) Fight along with the troops from the frontline during a crisis (and keep them happy and motivated). On these lines the paper focuses on the personality traits of various leaders. The unique blend of traits of a leader’s personality creates his or her leadership style. Here, when we say leaders, we mean people who have made a difference to the world. The study tries to identify the key personality traits of some top leaders, which made them stand out from the crowd. Top leaders like Adolf Hitler, Ratan Tata, Margaret Thatcher, Steve Jobs, Warren buffet are the names that need no introduction, the study analyses the various traits of personality that these people possess. During the process of analysis the main emphasis is being given on Big- Five Model of personality and Myers- Briggs Type Indicator the two important models of Personality.

The conclusion doesn’t really talks about the mandatory traits that a leader should possess to be successful, but, it says that the individuals in every society possess different degrees of intelligence, energy, and moral face. However, it is important that each of us know our strengths and weaknesses.