The 25 attributes of top leaders and managers
A survey of successful chief executives on the attributes most valuable at top levels of management indicated the following, in order of rating:
- Ability to take decisions.
- Leadership.
- Integrity.
- Enthusiasm.
- Imagination.
- Willingness to work hard.
- Analytical ability.
- Understanding of others.
- Ability to spot opportunities.
- Ability to meet unpleasant situations.
- Ability to adapt quickly to change.
- Willingness to take risks.
- Enterprise.
- Capacity to speak lucidly.
- Astuteness.
- Ability to administer efficiently.
- Open-mindedness.
- Ability to ‘stick to it’.
- Willingness to work long hours.
- Ambition.
- Single-mindedness.
- Capacity for lucid writing.
- Curiosity.
- Skill with numbers.
- Capacity for abstract thought.