11 traits of successful leaders

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11 TRAITS OF SUCCESSFUL LEADERS * LEAD THE WAY IN 2015 * According to Andrew Carnegie—self-made industrialist and world’s wealthiest person in the early 1900s

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1 1 T R A I T S O F S U C C E S S F U L L E A D E R S *

L E A D T H E W A Y I N 2 0 1 5

*According to Andrew Carnegie—self-made industrialist and world’s wealthiest person in the early 1900s

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“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an

uncertain trumpet.”

1. T H E Y H AV E A G O A L ( A N D A P L A N T O A C H I E V E I T )

FAT H E R T H E O D O R E M . H E S B U R G H

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“You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate

enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.”

2. T H E Y H AV E D R I V E & D E T E R M I N AT I O N

S T E V E J O B S

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“Surround yourself with great people; delegate authority; get out of the way.”

3. T H E Y S U R R O U N D T H E M S E LV E S W I T H TA L E N T E D P E O P L E

R O N A L D R E A G A N

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“A true leader has the confidence to stand alone, the courage to make tough decisions, and the

compassion to listen to the needs of others. He does not set out to be a leader, but becomes one by the

equality of his actions and the integrity of his intent.”

4. T H E Y A R E S E L F - R E L I A N T ( W H E N T H E Y N E E D T O B E ) & D E C I S I V E

D O U G L A S M A C A R T H U R

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“It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself.”

5. T H E Y A R E H I G H LY D I S C I P L I N E D & F O C U S E D

L AT I N P R O V E R B

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“What you do has far greater impact than what you say.”

6. T H E Y L I S T E N M O R E T H A N T H E Y S P E A K

S T E P H E N C O V E Y

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“Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and

relentlessly drive it to completion.”

7. T H E Y A R E C R E AT I V E & E N T H U S I A S T I C

J A C K W E L C H

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“There is a difference between being a leader and being a boss. Both are based on authority. A boss

demands blind obedience; a leader earns his authority through understanding and trust.”

8. T H E Y A R E FA I R & TA C T F U L

K L A U S B A L K E N H O L

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“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.”

9. T H E Y A R E L O YA L & E X C E P T I O N A L LY L I K E A B L E

M O H A N D A S K . G A N D H I

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“The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.”

10. T H E Y L E A R N F R O M M I S TA K E S

D A L E C A R N E G I E

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“Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If

people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.”

11. T H E Y R E W A R D E X C E L L E N T P E R F O R M A N C E

S A M W A LT O N

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A R E Y O U A G R E AT L E A D E R O R A S P I R E T O B E O N E ? S E T Y O U R

G O A L S F O R 2 0 1 5 A N D L E A D O N !

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“In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by

remaining what we are.”

M A X D E P R E E

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V I S I T U S T O D AY T O G E T I N S P I R E D

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