An article in Inc. Magazine talks to the 7 Traits of True Leaders. We have progressed from command-and-control (roughly through the 1980s) to empower-and-track (the 1990s to mid-2000s) to connect-and-nurture (today). There are many leaders - Fortune 500 Director and above- that I've observed that are still living in the business world of the 1980's. There are rising leaders that I've seen (my age and younger) that are exercising an empower-and-track style. There are not many, if any , that I have seen that connect-and-nurture -- and I think it's because the idea of showing one or more of the 7 traits, like vulnerability or humility , is counter to what they believe should be a trait to display. (Some are just not humans.) After all leaders ARE NOT supposed to demonstrate any type of weakness- and the 7 traits might as well be a "you're soft" list. What that translates to is a perception that a leader is apathetic --robot-like if you will-- and...
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