EDUCAUSE NERCOMP 2008 Think Stop #3
Created by Lida L. Larsen (EDUCAUSE) on March 21, 2008
EDUCAUSE NERCOMP 2008 Think Stop #3
What is the most important characteristic of a leader?
What is the most important characteristic of a leader?
- Honesty
- Ability to listen and hear
- Low blood pressure
- Thick skin
- Having a vision
- Taking calculated risks
- Ability to prioritize
- Having followers
- Ability to delegate/empower
- Ability to gather followers and bring the best out of everyone
- Empowering your staff
- Knowing the context and the people and able to apply the appropriate behaviors to achieve optimum effectiveness
- Not being the leader, not micromanaging, not too many meetings
- Vision and follow-through
- Ability to simplify/clarify, mission into action
- Energy
- Heart
- Socialization skills (they know your name)
- Patience
- Empathy
- Skating to the puck
- Trusting your staff
- Mentoring
- Chin up/ear to ground
- Building relationship of trust
- Decision-making skills
- Self-learning
- Integrity
- Motivator
- Optimism
- Shake people out of their comfort zones
- Communicated vision
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