Category Archives: Characteristics

Characteristic #42: Great Communicator (Part 2)

By | December 23, 2013

[December 23, 2013]  In Part 1 of this 3-part series on great communicators, the idea that people skills are crucial to successful communications was proposed.  Any cursory reading on communications will concentrate on people skills as a major factor in a great leader’s communication success. In Part 2, this discussion will focus on both passion and credibility as… Read More »

Characteristic #42: Great Communicator (Part 1)

By | December 22, 2013

[December 22, 2013]  Undoubtedly, when the most well-known and greatest leaders are discussed, their ability to communicate sets them apart.  The best senior executive leaders are also the greatest communicators. Leaders must have vision.  However, without the ability to articulate that vision effectively, the leader’s ability to see the future would be wasted. Due to its importance, the… Read More »

Profile: Kim Jong Un

By | December 14, 2013

[December 14, 2013]  Any attempt to profile the leadership characteristics of a leader from a different culture is fraught with uncertainty.  For the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a relatively young and new leader to the country, this is certainly true.  He is an enigmatic figure.  Leaders need to understand how senior leaders from different cultures function… Read More »

Characteristic #39: Unquestioned Integrity

By | December 4, 2013

[December 04, 2013]  If there is but one characteristic of senior executive leaders that stands above all others, it is the possession of unquestionable integrity.  Without it, all the other key leader traits will amount to nothing at all. “The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it… Read More »

Characteristic #38: Understanding People

By | December 3, 2013

[December 03, 2013]  Senior executive leaders, by the nature of their position, must possess a grounded, pragmatic, and experienced understanding of human psychology.  By that, I don’t mean they have academic training in psychological theories or a college degree in psychology or sociology. The most successful senior leader knows people; what makes them “tick.” Being a leader at… Read More »

Characteristic #36: Immense Adaptability

By | November 23, 2013

[November 23, 2013]  To paraphrase Charles Darwin, “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.”  Although written for a theory to explain how species survive, the idea has applicability to success in human organizations.  Adaptability is at the core… Read More »