Title: Analyze the benefits and risks in assuming a leadership role.
Course: Leadership Development (22101-18) > Section: Examining Effective Leaders and Followers

Analysis should include using the list of leaders and characteristics generated in the previous task to distinguish between leadership benefits and risks (see table).

Feature | Benefit | Risk
Ambition | High achievement; wide recognition | Sacrifices necessary to maintain position
Willingness to take risks | Rewards, including money or power | Failure; competition
Power | Effectiveness, influence on others or satisfaction in working for the benefit of others | Susceptible to corruption; threat of power becoming an obsession

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is meant by, “It’s lonely at the top”?
- How might ethical leaders deal with followers who disagree with them or challenge their position? How might unethical leaders deal with these situations?
- What are the benefits of being a leader?
- What risks must a leader take?