Idea 73: Successful chief executives
Exercise: Have you got what it takes for a top job in leadership?
Place the following attributes in order of their value at the top level of leadership by placing a number from 1 to 25 beside them, 1 indicating the most valuable. This exercise can be done by you individually, or with others in a group.
- __ Ambition
- __ Willingness to work hard
- __ Enterprise
- __ Astuteness
- __ Ability to ‘stick to it’
- __ Capacity for lucid writing
- __ Imagination
- __ Ability to spot opportunities
- __ Understanding of others
- __ Skill with numbers
- __ Capacity for abstract thought
- __ Integrity
- __ Ability to administer efficiently
- __ Enthusiasm
- __ Capacity to speak lucidly
- __ Single-mindedness
- __ Willingness to work long hours
- __ Willingness ...
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