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Which of the following statements about leadership is the most accurate?
A One trait of effective leaders is that they consistently maintain the same style of leadership.
B Effective leaders use money as a prime motivator to change employee performance.
C The most effective leaders build trust and reward outstanding performance.
D The democratic style of leadership will almost always improve the effectiveness of the organization
Answer : (c) The most effective leaders build trust and reward outstanding performance.
The trust factor is a primary attribute of leadership. People are unlikely to follow someone who they don't trust. When trust is broken, it's impossible to lead a team. With trust, a leader can align people to a good performing team in a way by which they can achieve the organisation's goals. And with rewards given according to performance, people will trust the leadership more as to get regular appraisals and will work more to earn the trust and rewards.
In case of leadership, it's not always necessary that the leader should maintain same style of leadership throughout but can adapt according to the demand of the situation. Money cannot be the prime motivator for work and democratic style of leadership may not succeed everytime. For example, in case of military forces, the leader should have commanding autonomic style of leadership to make the battalion follow his lead.