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Traits Great Leaders Share (Part 1 of 2)
Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
Don’t even try to guess how many books have been written about leadership. Over the past decade, thousands have been published. Former presidents, CEOs, academics and consultants of every stripe have written books about what it takes to be an exceptional leader.
Think you’ve got what it takes to be top dog, senior PM, a meeting-hopping exec? Why not think big…how about president of your company?
Needless to say, PMs need leadership skills--the more polished the better. It’s time to take another look at this monstrous topic, and try to get our hands around it. So read on. We promise new insights. This two-part story covers leadership on two levels. The first is the big-picture populist take; the second part burrows down to why PMs ought to work on their leadership skills so they can come pretty close to guaranteeing a project’s success.
With all the words expended on leadership, what do we know about it? For starters, there is no guaranteed path leading to it, and there aren’t a finite number of qualifications that all leaders possess. However, there are traits that are common to great leaders.
Take Jack Welch, the superstar CEO who ran GE for 20 years. In his book, Jack: Straight From the Gut, Welch defined leadership not by traits but by a model for success, which he called the “4 E Model.&rdquo…
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