Most Important Leadership Qualities

By paperbackwriter · Jan 8, 2019 · 417 · 1
  1. What are the most important leadership qualities in your opinion?
    This topic occurred to me at work yesterday. My boss is good at her job. Under pressure, she makes good decisions. I thought to myself, "that must be the single most important trait of a leader. Making good decisions under pressure.
    Being calm and non-reactive. Qualities which I lacked when I was thrust into leadership roles. Anxious people aren't really suited to leadership, I fear. And especially if they have any of the people pleasing gene. You have to embrace loneliness when you are leader. Try to please everyone, and you'll end up pleasing no one.
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  1. GrahamLewis
    I knew I would find a Taoist response, so I've been busy not responding until I came across it. And here it is, from Chapter 66 of the Tao te Ching:

    If the sage would guide the people, he must serve with humility.
    If he would lead them, he must follow behind.
    In this way when the sage rules, the people will not feel oppressed;
    When he stands before them, they will not be harmed.
    The whole world will support him and will not tire of him.

    Because he does not compete,
    He does not meet competition.
    GrahamLewis, Jan 16, 2019
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