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Attributes of Leadership 3

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Courage :  Courage is the state of mind of an individual, in times of danger and difficulties, with firmness and stability as guides. It also involves the display of visible caution against avoidable risks. The individual's action revolves on the strength of the character, sufficient to surmount the effects of fear, which is relegated to the background. Self-Confidence :  Self-Confidence is the belief in one's ability to accomplish tasks.  An individual relies solely on his or her strength to successfully complete an activity without recourse to external influences. Decisiveness :   Decisiveness involves the ability to take decisions promptly and permanently, without resort to procrastination or contemplation. An individual does not reverse his or her decisions once taken. Donate
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Attributes of Leadership 3

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Courage :  Courage is the state of mind of an individual, in times of danger and difficulties, with firmness and stability as guides. It also involves the display of visible caution against avoidable risks. The individual's action revolves on the strength of the character, sufficient to surmount the effects of fear, which is relegated to the background. Self-Confidence :  Self-Confidence is the belief in one's ability to accomplish tasks.  An individual relies solely on his or her strength to successfully complete an activity without recourse to external influences. Decisiveness :   Decisiveness involves the ability to take decisions promptly and permanently, without resort to procrastination or contemplation. An individual does not reverse his or her decisions once taken. Donate
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Attributes of Leadership 1 (Integrity, Sincerity and Honesty)

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An individual who aspires to lead must be morally sound and straightforward in his or her conduct and speech, truthful, strictly fulfill promises and should be free from disguise and false pretense. Donate
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Frederick Winslow Taylor

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  Fredeick Winslow Taylor was an engineer and later manager at Midvale Steel Works in Philadelphia. Taylor divided manual tasks into a series of components.  This resulted in the measurement of the productivity of workers. This idea gave birth to the very first business bestseller, ''The Principle of Scientific Management', published in 911, after Taylor's first book, ''A Piece-Rate System'', published in 1895. In the present time, scientific management is perceived as promoting the dehumanizing side of industrialization.
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Jim Collins

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Jim Collins, a former professor at Stanford Business School, authored ''Good to Great'' in 2001. Collins spent five years on the book with the support of 21 assistants at his base in Boulder, Colorado. The book focuses on the prerequisites to being an excellent company consistently.
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