Leadership Traits and Approaches - Analysis Exercise

Throughout history, social observers have been fascinated by obvious examples of successful interpersonal influence, whether the consequences of this influence were good, bad or mixed. Individuals such as Henry Ford, Martin Luther King Jr., Jack Welch, and Mahatma Ghandi have been analyzed and reanalyzed to discover what made them leaders and what set them apart from less successful leaders.  The implicit assumption here is that those who become leaders and do a good job of it possess a special set of traits that distinguish then from the masses of followers.
 
Question 1:
 
Step 1: Identify the best and most effective leader you had in your life (i.e. someone you have known on a personal level) and list five traits for that person.   
 
Step 2: Identify the worst and least effective leader you had in your life (i.e. someone you have known on a personal level) and list five traits for that person.  
 
Step 3: Using the traits you have identified, compare and contrast the two people.  
 
Question 2
 
Using course learned concepts from weeks 1 - 2, what kind of leadership approach did your best and most effective leader display?  Explain briefly.