Running a small business is a painstaking job. It is working over 12 hours daily, no weekends off and barely anytime to reflect on achievements and study macro-economic trends (world trade, currency exchange, labor markets, political relations).
Understanding macro-economic trends is crucial if you wish to establish a healthy leadership from an early start!
Many corporations know this! They appoint certain individuals whose job is to lead and push through external and internal obstacles. One of these great leaders is James McNerney.
According to James McNerney – CEO of Boeing from 2005 to 2015 – there are 6 Business Leadership Attributes that executives (and small business owners) need to embody:
1. Chart the course
2. Energize and inspire others
3. Demonstrate ethics, integrity and compliance
4. Deliver results
5. Raise the bar
6. Innovate resourcefully
Healthy leadership is the cornerstone of all successful professional organizations. It is the determinant of how will the organization consolidate internally and how will the organization deal with external opportunities/threats.
These attributes may seem simple to you, and somewhere generic, but that’s the very trap many not-so-brilliant fall into. Just like many small business owners that think they have it all figured it out, only to learn that they are missing one or more Leadership Attributes.
Keep your mind open and eyes wide. Don’t fall into the same trap!
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