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Understanding YourDriver Leadership Trait

Leaders who are predominant Drivers are perhaps the most openly aggressive leaders of all. Drivers are take-charge people who enjoy imposing their will on the environment, which includes other people. Drivers gravitate toward leadership positions as a way to control their environments. They can be difficult to deal with because getting what they want is so critical to them. Drivers tend to be larger than life and make their presence felt. You can’t help but pay attention to them. When they rumble into a room, you know they’ve arrived. Drivers notice when other people notice them. They like the attention. In fact, much of their seemingly endless supply of energy comes from the reactions they ...

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