Inquiry as a Career – Rubenstein

When I began developing young leaders, I started with a group exercise to identify the key characteristics of effective leaders. The format was:

Step 1: Brainstorm a list of leader characteristics.

The results were usually the same: communication, decision making, integrity, motivation, team building, fairness, charisma, ability to delegate, job knowledge, etc.

REFLECT: What characteristics would you list? Note: most often, we list the characteristics (1) we value the most (2) we think are true for us. (I always listed fairness close to the top, as it is a high value / purposeful characteristic of mine). Read More..