Jack Welch on the essential traits of leadership
- positive energy: The capacity to keep going with healthy vigor and an upbeat attitude through good and tough times.
- the ability to energize others: Releasing their positive energy, and motivating them to take on further challenges.
- edge: The ability to make tough calls, to say yes or no, not maybe. Decisiveness!
- the ability to execute: Get things done. make it happen.
- have passion: Leaders care deeply. They sweat. They believe.
Based on this, your best strategy is then to hire for positive energy, the ability to energize, and passion.
Next step: Go full force in training and developing edge/decisiveness and ability to execute.