Author: David

8 important traits. This one’s my favorite..

So you go to business school for college/bachelor or masters or even both.  That does NOT mean you’ll have the traits of a good leader, manager, or executive. Do you have them? This is my ultimate favorite one.

Lucky for us, these leadership traits can be learned, and legendary CEO Jack Welch of GE outlines 8 of them in his great and super easy-to-read book “Winning“.

When you watched the old TV hit series “Survivor”, you may have seen how STUPIDLY people try to assume the leadership role by just being BOSSY.  And you also saw the consequences.  Dumb move.  So what are the right ways to become a leader? One leadership trait of Jack Welsh that really strikes me is that “Leaders get into everyone’s skin, exuding positive energy and optimism“.  You may have known this somewhere in the back of your mind, but how many people actually do this at work?  Is it no wonder then, that brilliant but purely “technical” people are not chosen as leaders for a team, department, or company?  Nothing wrong with being technical, in fact it can be a huge advantage.  But if you really wana excel and be a “leader“, you also gotta learn and/or practice how to “exude with positive energy and optimism” with the people around you.  You can then become a “leader”, whether or not you have the “official” title.  Of course, this will then put you at a huge advantage next time a PROMOTION or PAY RAISE comes around.

Not too difficult to do, is it?  And you’ll probably end up happier too.  Not just at work, but in your personal life as well.  If you’re serious about being not just a good, but a great executive, I highly recommend Jack’s book.  It goes into more details on this trait as well as 7 others, and has a lot more great stuff.  It’s also super easy-to-read and non-technical, with little snippets of knowledge that I can use everyday. Just quickly have a look at it, browse around and read the reviews on Amazon.com here.

Hope you learned or realized something.  Have a great day!

David

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