{"id":590,"date":"2023-05-26T20:33:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T20:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/?p=590"},"modified":"2023-11-20T15:25:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:25:07","slug":"leadership-traits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/leadership-traits","title":{"rendered":"What makes a great leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Leader in every sense!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who is a leader? What makes him\/her remarkable or historic? How can a leader maintain&nbsp; leadership aura in every decision he\/she makes? What makes a leader more charismatic and&nbsp; soulful?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/leadership-traits\/#Sustainability\" title=\"Sustainability&nbsp;\">Sustainability&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/leadership-traits\/#Value\" title=\"Value\">Value<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/leadership-traits\/#Balance\" title=\"Balance&nbsp;\">Balance&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/leadership-traits\/#ESG\" title=\"ESG&nbsp;\">ESG&nbsp;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/leadership-traits\/#Interests\" title=\"Interests\">Interests<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/leadership-traits\/#Tough_decisions\" title=\"Tough decisions\">Tough decisions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sustainability\"><\/span>Sustainability&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s corporate world, the most significant challenge leaders face is to keep every stakeholder happy by taking eco-friendly and <a href=\"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/sustainability-vs-comfortability\">sustainable<\/a> decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, such moves make a leader revered in the long run, as he puts&nbsp; other stakeholders&#8217; interests first before his own personal agendas, including but not limited to&nbsp; their customers, suppliers, employees, public and future generations of not only human race but also considering every living being on this planet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Value\"><\/span>Value<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes an administrator or a manager a best leader? If a person brings holistic views and&nbsp; thoughts in every decision he\/she makes, would it be a great value add to any organization&nbsp; irrespective of the nature of business or industry in which a company functions? Be it finance,&nbsp; IT, consumer goods, banking, or fashion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every corporate or industry enjoys its own pros and suffers from cons, causing advantages or disadvantages to the ecological balance. It is vital for a&nbsp; leader to understand his company\u2019s position in the industry and his industry\u2019s role in the whole&nbsp; ecosystem.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every novice perspective a leader brings on the table matters, a visionary leader must&nbsp; consider the long term impact of every decision he\/she takes on every stakeholder.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mere MBA graduation from the best business schools in the world, doesn\u2019t really make any person a great&nbsp; leader. Sheer industry knowledge or long-term experience in the same field, doesn\u2019t really make&nbsp; a person a great leader.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Balance\"><\/span>Balance&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There were many out of the box thinkers who were school dropouts who have become great leaders in corporate America, who climbed up the corporate ladder&nbsp; navigating through competition, purely based on their common sense and ability to read market&nbsp; pulse and win market shares with their novice products and services. It is an art of balancing&nbsp; profitability with other stakeholder interests.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Profit is extremely important for any corporation to survive and grow, however it is equally&nbsp; important to balance that with stakeholders\u2019 interest.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ESG\"><\/span>ESG&nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are some explicit stakeholders of\u00a0 an organization like customers, employees, suppliers, but there are some implicit stakeholders for example government, society etc. who may not be directly associated with the corporate\u2019s day to day affairs, but most of the corporate decisions would affect nature and society. For example, any toxic emissions from manufacturing companies, any corporate activities endangering sea lives, usage of substandard raw materials just for the sake of cost cutting and\u00a0 impacting human health?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore it is extremely important to understand every&nbsp; stakeholder needs and wants while making any managerial decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although it may sound very simple but hard to follow, the chart above shows few major stakeholders of a corporation, which play vital roles while making any managerial decisions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Interests\"><\/span>Interests<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In reality, most of the leaders take only their immediate superiors&#8217; and subordinates\u2019 words or interests into consideration while taking several major corporate decisions, leaders&#8217; shortsightedness would cost heavily on the company\u2019s reputation and balance sheet in both short and&nbsp; long run.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leader should never be people pleaser although he is expected to behave gently with all, he&nbsp; should take stern decisions even if he has to rub wrong shoulders in the corporate and make few&nbsp; enemies who are in better positions with their influence and long foothold in the same&nbsp; organization for a long time, such risks may put leader\u2019s position at risk, chances that he\/she&nbsp; might lose their job due to lack of majority support is expected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tough_decisions\"><\/span>Tough decisions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, tough decisions are&nbsp; imperative considering stakeholders\u2019 best interest and company\u2019s best interest as corporate is a&nbsp; separate legal entity which has perpetual succession means it survives even after we die giving&nbsp; jobs, products n services etc. for generations to come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is possible only if a corporation is built&nbsp; on a strong foundation by a GREAT LEADERSHIP team.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such strong leadership qualities would eventually put a leader in an unprecedented powerful&nbsp; place for earning trust and credibility convincing all stakeholders to believe in his thought process&nbsp; of keeping their interest safe, breaking their resistance, would ultimately create \u201cwin-win\u201d&nbsp; situation instead of remaining yet another \u201cME TOO\u201d product by remaining a people\u2019s pleaser&nbsp; who wouldn\u2019t take any tough decisions but always lean on majority votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is extremely difficult to always consider all stakeholders&#8217; interests and keep all of them happy at&nbsp; the same time. The best way to resolve this conflict would be to conduct an impact analysis of each&nbsp; decision prior to its implementation.&nbsp;Having a brainstorming session prior, once a decision is&nbsp; made enough efforts need to be made in convincing the same with required stakeholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all decisions are fool proof, although it is rightly said \u201cprevention is better than cure\u201d, it is highly impossible to pre-empt all scenarios beforehand, as in the world many things are beyond&nbsp; human control be it COVID situation or tsunamis or earthquakes, etc.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the onus is on the&nbsp; leader to do his best prior to taking any decisions on behalf of the corporate keeping all stakeholders&#8217; interests and try to take as many eco-friendly decisions as possible saving this world for&nbsp; the future generations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exploring the traits that make or break a leader. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[7],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceoww.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}