Leadership traits that keep the business going
Confidence: Self-belief is as important as any characteristic in the business world, especially when working with a team. By trusting personal abilities and those of individual members of the team, leaders can boost team and company morale.
Persistence: Not giving up following setbacks or failures has helped the most iconic entrepreneurs, such as Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
Creative thinking: Problems naturally occur but great leaders see them as opportunities to succeed through learning. Identifying root causes and formulating and implementing creative solutions should be welcome challenges.
Calculated risk-taking: Risks are inextricable from business expansion. Successful leaders understand, without being reckless, how to evaluate the most profitable risks to take and how to follow through on that opportunity.
Initiative: To become effective and efficient in handling the business, a leader needs to be self-motivated and have the desire to better himself, learn new skills and knowledge, and generally perform well.
Enthusiasm: Maintaining a high level of energy and enthusiasm allows leaders to brush off the pitfalls of doing business, and to encourage their followers to keep a positive attitude, too.
Goal-oriented: Successful entrepreneurs view the bigger picture and come up with strategies to reach realistic and well-defined goals and objectives.
Welfont Joe Johnson, founder of Welfont and GoodField Foundation, is a seasoned entrepreneur who spends equal time on his business endeavors and philanthropic causes. He holds a Ph.D. in entrepreneurial leadership and authored the book, “The Science of Why Most Entrepreneurs Fail and Some Succeed.”
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