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What factors contribute to make a good leader and how might your style of leadership vary to be successful when involved in individual, racket and team activities?

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What factors contribute to make a good leader and how might your style of leadership vary to be successful when involved in individual, racket and team activities? Leadership can be defined as the process whereby an individual influences group members in a way that inspires them to achieve some group goal that he or she has identified as important.There are several factors that can contribute to making a high-quality leader; one of them is the potential leaders' characteristics. Some of the characteristics that are important include good communicator, motivational, confident, consistent, decision maker, tactful and tolerant. However the list is ever growing and no definitive list is possible. There has been a debate into whether leadership is down to nature or nurture. Trait theorists suggest that leaders are born with the attributes to lead. However trait theorists also believe that certain personality types and physical attributes like height, weight and self...

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