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  2. Three levels of leadership model - Wikipedia

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    In other words, he believed that shared rather than solo leadership is not an idealistic aspiration; it is a matter of practicality. He suggested three reasons for this: [ 11 ] The sheer number of different behaviors required of leaders means they are unlikely to be equally proficient at all of them, so it is sensible for them to draw on their ...

  3. Aptronym - Wikipedia

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    An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1]Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym".

  4. List of kennings - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Odin article links to a list of names of Odin, which include kennings. A few examples of Odin's kennings are given here. A few examples of Odin's kennings are given here. For a scholarly list of kennings see Meissner's Die Kenningar der Skalden (1921) or some editions of Snorri Sturluson 's Skáldskaparmál .

  5. Social influence - Wikipedia

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    A person who possesses more authority (or is perceived as being more powerful) than others in a group is an icon or is most "popular" within a group. This person has the most influence over others. For example, in a child's school life, people who seem to control the perceptions of the students at school are most powerful in having a social ...

  6. List of terms referring to an average person - Wikipedia

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    More recently, other first names have also been used in specific context, such as Leon Mustermann (sample children's passport), [24] Cleopâtre Mustermann (sample travel document for foreigners), [25] or Manu Musterperson (Manu Sample Person, as a gender-neutral form). [26] de:Otto Normalverbraucher for economics related purposes

  7. Grit (personality trait) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, grit is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on a person's perseverance of effort combined with their passion for a particular long-term goal or end state (a powerful motivation to achieve an objective). This perseverance of effort helps people overcome obstacles or challenges to accomplishment and drives people to achieve.

  8. Person - Wikipedia

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    A person (pl.: people or persons, depending on context) is a being who has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.

  9. Unconditional positive regard - Wikipedia

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    Unconditional positive regard, a concept initially developed by Stanley Standal in 1954, [1] later expanded and popularized by the humanistic psychologist Carl Rogers in 1956, is the basic acceptance and support of a person regardless of what the person says or does, especially in the context of client-centred therapy. [2]