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

 

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