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agilemanagement@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [agilemanagement]
Traits of Great Leadership
This isn't quite as flippent
as it sounds, David, but one trait of great leaders is that they have
followers.
This has made me wonder what the list of traits
are that we expect in great leaders. Donald Trump says that leaders come
in all shapes and sizes and personality types but the one common
trait is respect.
David, For great leaders, I would add: Trust (of followers, by followers) PS. Appreciate if you would let us know, once you are done, if the book is worth...
Clark, Although books can provide insight into the discussion, the actions of a practicing leader add value where words end. For example... ======= The...
Around here we use "Managing is doing things right. Leading is doing the right things!" Not sure what book it came from... Regards, Dave Simpson Director of...
At Microsoft within MSF we've been promoting the idea that operational management (or engineering excellence) is about doing things right, while corporate...
Integrity. I have some stuff from my hiring book that the publisher did not want to publish, so I'll pull that out when I have more than 30 seconds to catch up...
Integrity is one of Gus Lee's top three along with Courage and Character. Everything else and many have been listed on this thread he considers subordinate and...
It can't be this simple. Courage, integrity and character can just as easily lead you right over the cliff as lead you to greatness. ... Leadership ... Glen B....
Simple? Maybe. -- Complex? Probably. The current literature suggests many contributing factors, and this group has enumerated some of them. 1.) For a "simple"...
David, Wisdom, as in the innate capability, knowledge and experience needed to make sensible, reliable decisions and judgments. Someone else said 'followers'....
You're both right, I think. Great leaders don't 'exist' outside a crisis in the same sense that a "if tree falls when no one is there to hear it..." That's...
Great leaders always have a map and compass... -Jack ... From: agilemanagement@yahoogroups.com [mailto:agilemanagement@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Glen B....
Jack Dahlgren
Jack.Dahlgren@...
Apr 3, 2006 12:12 am
... Here's another thought... When's the last time you felt the need to "survey the literature" to decide whether or not somebody was worthy of your support?...
... Never! ;-) You make a good point, Bill. But, that wasn't the question at hand. David's original query was for list-making. So, in that present context,...
i would add Example i would follow a leader that takes himself the consequences of his leading ... -- "Mitakuye Oyasin" Empreendimentos, eXtreme Programming,...
No offense intended. Best regards, Bill ... From: classmaker To: agilemanagement@yahoogroups.com Sent: 2006-04-03 12:18 AM Subject: RE: [agilemanagement] Re:...