Leadership Qualities

Leadership

This Genius Process for Prioritizing Reduces Stress and Increases Productivity

President Dwight D. Eisenhower created a simple method for determining what needs your attention now and what can wait.

				
What Alex Kuhn Learned About Leadership From Olympic Training and a Broken Superman StatueAnd what 'giving value' really means.

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3 Leadership Lessons Celebrity Chef Fabio Viviani Wished He Knew Before Becoming an EntrepreneurViviani shares bits of leadership wisdom gleaned from a lifetime building a culinary empire.

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3 Traits of Effective and Inspiring LeadershipA strong leader will do her best to keep her employees around and keep up the relationship in the future.

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Leadership qualities are the distinguishing characteristics and attributes of good leaders. Leadership and its qualities have been the subject of study throughout history. Whether leaders are born and not made can still be a matter of debate. What makes a great leader is far from a clear-cut formula of traits and talents. But they do share some things in common. In business, or in any field, an effective leader often exhibits the following:

Vision
Trustworthiness
Communication skills
Team-building skills
Confidence
Inspiration
Competency
Assertiveness

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