Learning Objectives

After studying this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

  1. Provide a basic definition of leadership.
  2. Contrast the three primary sources of leadership: external leadership, participative leadership, and self-leadership.
  3. Explain how we all lead ourselves.
  4. Provide a basic definition of self-leadership.
  5. Examine the concept of self-leadership in the context of social cognitive theory and intrinsic motivation theory.
  6. Recognize that we choose what we become.