LEADERSHIP TRAIT - INTELLIGENCE (ALERTNESS, CLEVERNESS, INTELLECT, UNDERSTANDING, ETC) List of traits that indicate Intelligence are: i. Self- awareness. “A man’s got to know his limitations”. And he’s got to know his strengths, too. Knowing what you’re good at …and what you’re not… means you are smart enough to know what you should tackle and where and when you need help • Smart people know who they are and have come to a place of being comfortable with themselves. They have identified their strengths and their weaknesses, then have acknowledged the former and accepted the latter. • Smart people know what they are and are unapologetic about their responsibilities. They have accepted the mantle of leadership and inserted themselves into their role with no need to flaunt it. • Smart people understand the power of their actions and their words, realize how it impacts the attitudes and actions of others, and behave accordingly. • Self-aware people know that they can neither relate well to everyone nor readily win them over. So they gather around them people who can extend their reach because they know precisely how far their reach, well, reaches. ii. Other-awareness. Intelligent people are observant people. They have to be to be able see opportunities and avoid threats. iii. Self-Restraint. Just because one can doesn’t imply that one should. There is peril here because leaders have tremendous latitude. Followers typically give them a wide path to walk in. Intelligent people know when and how to control emotions, actions, and words. They play their role well, not to deceive or mislead, but to maximize their influence so that the right things get done. Proactive people are people of deliberation, purpose, and intent. They are people of restraint. iv. Capacity to learn, to learn quickly, to learn from experience. Smart people accept it, embrace it, and look forward to it. Not so smart people have learned just about all they are going to. But there is more. Intelligent people accept the lessons of life. They accept reality as it is, not believe that it is what they think it should be. They never let ideology trump reality. Never. One is fantasy. The other is honesty.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:31:00 +0000
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