July 02, 2007

Qualities of a Leader

Humility:
"Good leaders must first become good servants."
Robert Greenleaf.

“When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally.”
Lao Tzu

Willing to learn.

"Leaders are more powerful role models when they learn, than when they teach."
Rosabeth Moss Kantor

Willingness to listen
“The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.”
Colin Powell

Posted by Kevin Kelly at July 2, 2007 09:11 AM