1. People are born with inherited traits.
2. Certain physical, social and personal traits are inherited in leaders.
3. People with the "right" traits must be looked when leadership roles need to be filled.
4. Normally, people that have potential as a leader will had the "right" traits.
5. However, trait theory tend to examine leadership in only one context.
6. It also assume that the traits were inherent, not learned nor developed.
