leaderlike
LEE-der-like
Definition
Possessing the specific external qualities, behaviors, or physical presence that people commonly associate with being a leader.
Etymology
Derived from the Old English 'lædere' meaning one who guides or shows the way, combined with the suffix '-like' from the Old English 'lic', meaning having the appearance or characteristics of.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe the outgoing, room-commanding behaviors that observers intuitively interpret as indicators of leadership potential, even though these traits do not guarantee actual leadership effectiveness.
The traits we use to spot a future leader, confidence, charisma, the person who commands the room, mostly predict who gets picked, not who leads well: research on personality and on narcissism finds emergence and effectiveness are two different things
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