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Profile of the Best Leaders
A profile of the leadership characteristics of the top 16% of executives
based on coworker ratings from over 40,000 raters.
Visionary Evangelist
- Very bright - get to core issues quickly
- Creative and visionary yet realistic and savvy
- Inspirational motivators
- Open to new ideas - will seek others advice before making a decision
- Learn from mistakes & failures
- Willing to take risks but also like to have a plan
- Make firm, clear cut decisions
- High level of drive & desire to achieve excellence
- Confident but understand their limits
- Enthusiastic & passionate - love their work & their product
- Can sell ideas, influence & negotiate
- Make good first impression
- Enjoy positions of influence
Consensus and team builder
- Develop loyalty by showing interest, talking to people & investing
in relationships
- Sociable, friendly, warm, supportive & approachable
- Read people & situations accurately - diplomatic, tactful & astute
- Persuasive - know how to influence and win others over to their side
- Put group interest ahead of self-interest
- Liberal with praise & encouragement
- Balance emphasis on people & results
- Trusted & credible - strong values, high integrity, conscientious
- Open & forthright - no hidden agendas
- Teambuilder - emphasize cooperation & alignment
- Empowering style
Manager of Execution
- Model hard work but not workaholic
- Succeed through steadiness and determination
- Disciplined & focused--clear goals & priorities
- Keep it simple
- Avoid perfectionism
- Keep others informed
- Prefer to set a course and stick with it but willing to be flexible
- Feel bound to meet commitments
Best Leaders - how they budget their time and effort
Manager of Execution - 25%
Team and Consensus Builder - 34%
Visionary Evangelist - 41%
