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       Bennis' Leadership Qualities
       By: Intervention Date: July 27, 2015, 4:05 pm
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       Disciplines > Leadership
       Integrity | Dedication | Magnanimity | Humility | Openness |
       Creativity [font=arial black][/font]
       
       Integrity
       Integrity means alignment of words and actions with inner
       values. It means sticking to these values even when an
       alternative path may be easier or more advantageous.
       A leader with integrity can be trusted and will be admired for
       sticking to strong values. They also act as a powerful model for
       people to copy, thus building an entire organization with
       powerful and effective cultural values.
       Dedication
       Dedication means spending whatever time and energy on a task is
       required to get the job done, rather than giving it whatever
       time you have available.
       The work of most leadership positions is not something to do 'if
       time'. It means giving your whole self to the task, dedicating
       yourself to success and to leading others with you.
       Magnanimity
       A magnanimous person gives credit where it is due. It also means
       being gracious in defeat and allowing others who are defeated to
       retain their dignity.
       Magnanimity in leadership includes crediting the people with
       success and accepting personal responsibility for failures.
       Humility
       Humility is the opposite of arrogance and narcissism. It means
       recognizing that you are not inherently superior to others and
       consequently that they are not inferior to you. It does not mean
       diminishing yourself, nor does it mean exalting yourself.
       Humble leaders do not debase themselves, neither falsely nor due
       to low self-esteem. They simply recognize all people as equal in
       value and know that their position does not make them a god.
       Openness
       Openness means being able to listen to ideas that are outside
       one's current mental models, being able to suspend judgement
       until after one has heard someone else's ideas.
       An open leader listens to their people without trying to shut
       them down early, which at least demonstrates care and builds
       trust. Openness also treats other ideas as potentially better
       than one's own ideas. In the uncertain world of new territory,
       being able to openly consider alternatives is an important
       skill.
       Creativity
       Creativity means thinking differently, being able to get outside
       the box and take a new and different viewpoint on things.
       For a leader to be able to see a new future towards which they
       will lead their followers, creativity provides the ability to
       think differently and see things that others have not seen, and
       thus giving reason for followers to follow.
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