Sunday, April 14, 2013
Distilling the Wisdom of C.E.O.’s
As we near the end of our semester together, time to start thinking about the future. Check out this article from the NY Times, it identifies some of the characteristics shared by CEOs of corporations. Of those traits listed which one do you think is the most important? List a few characteristics that you think should be added to the list. Of those listed, which characteristics do you feel that you possess, and which ones would you need to work on?
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This was a really interesting article because you often read about CEOs but very rarely do you have the opportunity to gain insight directly from them, what they believe are the qualities a leader should harness, and their outlook on their company and the people working for it.
After reading the article, I think the most important quality is passionate curiosity because it's usually the quality which creates a company and helps it grow and thrive.
A few other characteristics I believe should have been part of the list are: open-mindedness, creativity, and disciplined flexibility.
I think I possess aspects of each personality trait. However, I think the one character trait I could really work on is being simple-minded. I tend to complicate my thoughts when I could easily simplify them. It's a skill to convey ideas concisely, and, whenever I get the opportunity, I work on it. Additionally, I wish I was more adept at being team smart being able to understand the dynamic of teams and using each person to their potential.
Alexis Buck.
1) To choose an important trait out of the ones listed would be pretty difficult. I believe that they have an equal importance,but if I had to choose one I would choose team-smartness. I believe this one is very important because it takes a very crafted, intelligent leader to be able to guide their group in the right direction and to be able to utilize how certain people act and benefit from their talents to make their business successful. If you have a strict, angry boss who has no idea how to get along with their employees, not to mention failing at using crafty strategics at approaching a group, then it would be hard to unify the business in order to achieve the profits and outcomes wanted.
2) Most of the important characteristics were indeed listed but I feel that some beneficial characteristics would be that they should be open to new, risky ideas. I believe they need determination/motivation to want to be able to lead the business into success. They need to be skillful, wise, unique to new strategies, and flexible when it comes to obstacles or these new ideas that they may stumble upon.
3)Well, I believe that I do possess a passionate curiosity for whatever I am motivated to do. I believe I also possess the "team-smart" personality, because I am able to correlate the jobs at hand in a group based on their personality and skills. However, I do not think I possess fearlessness, battle-hardened confidence, or simple-mindedness. I feel that I over analyze things way to much, making them complicated and too well drawn out. And I am certainly not confident in my abilities in order to overcome and obstacle, I don't feel like I am up for that, nor am I up for taking risks and being "fearless". I like to play things safe and avoid making decisions if at all possible.
I think that the most important trait listed out of the five given is team smart. This is the most important because I think that this is the trait that leads the company or business in such a way that keeps everything organized. How the team smart is described is more than just being able to work with other people. The trait is also being able to recognize other people's traits and characteristics and predict how they will interact with others. A strong leader is one that can recognize strengths and weaknesses and use them to their fullest capabilities.
I think that responsibility should be added to the list although it was sort of covered under battle-hardened confidence. I feel that it should be its own trait because it is such a key trait in not only taking the blame for bad stuff that happens, but also taking action when it needs to happen(in a timely manner). I also think that positive motivation should be another key trait included because motivation is what prompts people to take action.
I think that I really need to work on team smarts because although I do know how to work with other people, I don't feel that I know enough about other people to be able to see all the interrelationships between people that would affect their work. I could also work on fearlessness because I don't always have the confidence to be able to take risks when I don't know what the outcome will be.
I believe that adversity is the most important trait listed in the article. Why? Well because I believe that if a person is not able to overcome/deal with problems at their workplace or environment then they are unfit/incapable of the job. I believe that caring for ones self should be added to the list because although being a team player is good and all it will not realistically get all of YOUR work done so therefore it is very important. I feel as I have a simple mind set however I know for a fact that I lack fearlessness,battle-bearded confidence and for the most part passionate curiosity.
I feel like the best trait for a CEO to have is the ability to learn on the fly. The most important qualities that were not listed was the ability to innovate, the ability to be a pitchman, the ability to know the industry that the company competes in, know how the rival goods and services are opporating, and have fun woth the company. I think having fun is the number one thing that is missed in today's buisness world. CEO's should not just be the mastermind behind the buisness side but also function as the person who creates team building excersises. CEO's that boost the morale of their companies, create a company more likely to create the next big thing. Google is the best known example of this philosphy. They have numerous activities which help get the workers of the stress of work and in excercising. Google's founders, who currently make up the higher echolens of the company, used this to inspire innovation and which as worked very effectively for them.
1. This is a very great article, and it highlights some of the significant triats for successful CEO. All of the characteristics listed have their own merits, but I believe one specifically rises above the rest. The characteristic of fearlessness is an essential part of any great or noteworthy CEO.
2. I would add to the list great organization and also the ability to think for the future. Organization is importance because it allows an individual to achieve all thier obligation. While a forward thinker is essential to a long lasting company.
3. I believe i have baddle hardened confidence. I would probably need to work on team smarts.
Of the five listed CEO-material characteristics, the most important one is the "battle-hardened confidence." Without confidence, the other characteristics wouldn't really exist. Even if you do have a passionate curiosity, you only act based upon your own decisiveness and will. The same goes for the 'team-smarts' attribute.
Some characteristics I would add to this list would include: patience, larger-perspective mindset, and people skills in general to create a succeeding work atmosphere.
I believe that I possess the passionate curiosity. I tend to question the way things work and enjoy figuring those things out. Nevertheless, I need the most work on the "battle-hardened confidence." Obviously, even as stated in the article, we need experience and a past filled with adversities, which most of us haven't had a chance to delve into. By continuing on my educational endeavor, I will definitely come across those occasions from which I can learn.
I think the trait that is most important, which is listed in this article, is a simple mindset. I believe that if you have your mind focused on what you want to achieve at all times, then you will always reach it. If you are always thinking about what you want, then that will be on the top of your mind at all times.
I think some of the characteristics that should also be included are: organization, being prompt, staying positive, and uniqueness.
Some of the characteristics that I think I possess are team smarts and passionate curiosity. I think I possess team smarts because I am always doing team-building activities and am basically doing everyday activities with my family or group of friends. The ones I would need to work on are a simple mind set and fearlessness.
Of all the traits listed here, I believe the most important is being tea-smart. Maybe this is because of fours years of putting up wit arduous group projects in school, but I still believe that being able to work cohesively with others in a huge boon when in charge of a large corporation like many of these CEO's. If others do not feel like their work is being shared equally, or that their ideas are not being heard, it can lead to a bad dynamic, and negatively impact productivity.
Things that i think should be added to the list include patience, and vision. Oftentimes, businesses take time to turn around from a particularly bad year or quarter, and the CEO, as a leader, needs to be able to show his subordinates that the company will eventually succeed. Additionally, we live in a world that is constantly changing and CEO's need to be able to anticipate those changes to a certain extent in order to benefit their company
While I have a little bit of most of the traits listed, I know I could stand to develop a little more confidence and fearlessness. I am not really prone to take risks, as I am usually leery of the outcome. However, I do know that I have a passionate curiosity.
1. Most Important: Battle-Hardened Confidence and Fearlessness
2. Additional: Open-minded, Researcher, Creative, Strong Morals, Organized, Punctual...
3. I Posses: Fearlessness, Confidence, Passionate Curiosity...
4. Working On:Team Smarts and A Simple Mind-Set
The best CEOs have the best vision for the company- not necessarily grandiose, but part of the "risk taking" that they take is necessary in order to follow that same vision. Without a pursuit or direction, the company will falter. They did not mention integrity- one of the most important things on my list. Lets not lie and say that they wouldn't ever face anything with the chance for corruption- but they also need to recognize that integrity is crucial for the company in its effects on the world- not just profit margin. I feel like I need to be a better team worker to get along with others in my groups- and accept their ideas as valid.
Passionate curiosity seems to me the most important trait. As Ms. Minow said, passionate curiostiy “is indispensable, no matter what the job is. You want somebody who is just alert and very awake and engaged with the world and wanting to know more.” Fearlessness and battle-hardened confidence are close, being passionate about something generally means that the task will be done better because of the level of attachment and love put into the job. Also curiosity helps everyone improve on whatever task they are doing.
I think experience and motivation should be added to the list. These two characteristics are necessary to succeed in mostly any field. Along with the already defined characteristics, experience and motivation would make for a nearly flawless leader.
I believe that I have passionate curiosity, confidence, team smarts, somewhat fearlessness. I do not think I have all these characteristics to the extent needed to be so important, but I definitely posses all these traits to some extent.
I think the most important characteristic of a CEO is fearlessness because a CEO needs to be willing to risk his/her own livelihood for his/her company.
I also think a certain loyalty, politesse, and open-mindedness are necessary to be a good CEO.
I think the trait I think that the trait I most need to work on is, ironically, fearlessness. I have a tendency to take the safe road, and in order to actually go far in this world one must do things without looking back. I hope to some day be more like this.
I do think that team smarts is the most important because so many different values go into cooperating in a group, but having a simple mindset is really viable too. Not having any experience in a business, I can’t confidently add characteristics to the list, but honesty, at least to superiors, is pretty important. Another one would be determination, maybe creative determination, since the writer is coupling words together (passionate curiosity…) I don’t see why I shouldn’t too. I don’t possess any of these characteristics, they’re specific as well as extreme. Aside from all of them, I should work on team smarts because I don’t work well in groups.
The most important characteristic that a CEO should possess is confidence. Your actions will be based upon your own decisiveness and will. Some characteristics I would include would be patient, calm, team player, and seeing the larger picture.
I believe that I possess the decisiveness of a CEO. I need experience and a past filled with adversities, which most of us haven't had a chance to delve into. By continuing on my educational endeavor, I will definitely come across those occasions from which I can learn.
Wow, long read. Anyways the most important in my opinion to be an extremely successful CEO is fearlessness, the willingness to tread where others have not. Of course, this is a huge gamble, and of course, it could cost them everything, but it could also make their name synonymous with a specific field. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs weren't worried about what COULD happen if they failed, but what WOULD happen if they succeeded.
Things that should be added to this list in my opinion is charisma, creativity, and street smart. They need to be able to have the board of their company and the CEO of other companies like them (charisma), be able to make something new (creativity), and be able to see through the decptivness of the real world. Lastly, I feel that I possess team smarts and fearlessness/battlehardenness. I tend to overthink somethings, and it would be a thing I should work on.
Battle-Hardened Confidence is by far the most important. Its the way you handle situations and the way you take charge of a company that matters.
a few characteristics that need to be added are creativity, resourceful, and respectable
I think in ways that makes everything really complicated, so i would say i need to work on having a simple mind set
Let's do process of elimination here! Fearlessness shouldn't be the most important because it could possibly equate to recklessness, which would be bad for the company. NEXT. Confidence sounds good, until you realize that a big-headed CEO probably wouldn't listen to anyone else which would be bad for the company. NEXT. Passionate curiosity? They love their job? Good for them! But that's not enough to be a good CEO. NEXT. A simple mind-set comes in a close second. But without the ambition to really strive for greatness, I would have to give the most important quality to TEAM SMARTS. Let's face it, smart people rule the world.
But I don't think all of those cover our bases. What about resourcefulness? What about honesty? What about integrity? What about compassion? The business world could use a little more of these qualities in their CEOs.
I could definitely work on team smarts and team passionate creativity. But as for fearless, I'm a bit more cautious. I also tend to go for extravagant ideas over small ones. GO BIG OR GO HOME.
The most important characteristic that a CEO should possess is team smarts. From personal experience, it really doesn't matter how confident you are, how well you perform as an individual, or how big of a presence you have, a company or a team will not thrive without ability to work alongside others.
Tying directly into team smarts is the open-mindedness and willingness to negotiate and compromise. In simpler words, a CEO should know how to communicate well and incorporate the ideas of other company members. Another quality not listed in the five is determination. Just as a company would be chaotic without compromise, success can't be reached without determination to reach a certain goal. If a CEO lacked motivation and is easily discouraged by a minor setback, there's not hope for the company.
With quite a few years of leadership under my belt, I do believe I possess a little bit of each characteristic here and there. However, I do have a problem of being impatient and easily frustrated. While I can compromise, communication is something I need to work at.
I consider curiosity to be the most important trait of a CEO. Without a sense of curiosity and discovery, it is impossible to be innovative. Without innovation, CEO's cannot be successful.
Other characteristics of CEO's should include patience and teamwork.
I have always been curious as a person trying to find ways to improve aspects of my life. Innovation is essential for success, and a curiosity for learning is the first step.
I think that fearlessness is the more important trait of those listed.
Characteristics that I think should be included in the list:
-Capability
-Driven
I think that I am very capable of accomplishing goals and such, but I'm not very driven most of the time to reach them.
Of the traits listed, I feel that having a simple mindset is the most important because without this, individuals may be easily distracted by frivolous complexities.
Ability to improvise and situational awareness are two characteristics that I would add to the list.
I believe that I have confidence, fearlessness and team smarts. However, I know that I could definitely improve on my curiosity and ability to improvise.
Battle-Hardened Confidence is the way to go. If you know your goal and the only thing on your mind is battling then you're a go. I think being physically aesthetic should be one the list along with with kindness, why can't good people become big time people. Let's add some more words now and quote the great Nico "I believe that I possess the passionate curiosity. "I tend to question the way things work and enjoy figuring those things out."
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I definitely feel like I have simple mind-set, just in the sense I can tell that I know when work is getting done and when time is being wasted. I also believe that I'm a good team player, I know when people need to be critiqued, and how to do it without crossing the line. You have to be able to give constructive criticism if you're going to criticize at all.
I don't believe I'm fearless though. Before making important choices I always tend to weight the risks and benefits and chances of success, and I'm normally not very chancy when its not looking good.
Fearlessness and battle hardened confidence are the most important traits to have for a CEO of a company. An additional trait that a CEO should have is honesty. I believe I possess a passionate curiosity and I think I should try to develop a battle- hardened confidence.
Of all the topics listed in the article, I believe "Battle-Hardened Confidence" matters the most for the well-being of an CEO and for the company. Without confidence, it would be difficult for one to achieve their goal. Distraction would detour us from approaching our destination if we do not have a strong sense of confidence.
I believe some characteristics I could add to the list is self-esteem,z self-confident, stubborn, and fearlessness.
Some of the characteristics I posses would be that I am always optimistic, confident, as well as fearless. From my past high school years, I have conducted a number of team-based projects. I believe I am very confident and optimistic and that is what differentiates me from other members of the team. A leader must be the one who could stand out and be fearless of hardship.
In my personal opinion, the best trait that a CEO can possess, that was listed, is the ability to deal with problems well. No matter what a leader has in their toolbox, if they are not able to deal with things coming up that stand in their way, there will be no way they can actually lead well. In fact, there's no way they would even be able to become a CEO if no possessing this problem-dealing ability.
Other things that I think should be added to the list are the ability to communicate with those under him, and actually take their ideas into true consideration, and also being able to interact with "the little people" even though they're at the top.
I'm a very good people-person, I'm able to connect with many different types of people, and do well with conversing and making sure they're happy. However, I would have to work on taking other's ideas to heart. If I believe someone is wrong about something, most of the time I won't even take their idea into consideration.
1. Battle-Hardened Confidence: A company is not a company if it does not take risks, and the risks requires a huge amount of luck and a strong confidence because knowing that you have the strength and courage. Also, the risks gives out experience, and learning from those experience is an advantage when it comes to business and what not...
2. Strong willpower and creativity should be part of the list, since CEOs must have some self-control and creativity towards business...
3. I think I feel I have passionate curiosity and a simple mind-set, but I should work my Team Smarts and my confidence because I do not work well in teams and I do not have the confidence to tackle the risks that CEOs have to endure...
Categorically the most important trait here is passionate curiosity. Besides its importance in the business sphere, curiosity about things is a catalyst for making people successful in any field, not just money making. It's what moves people to set out and solve problems, whether practical, financial, academic, scientific, or otherwise.
That said, the most important trait not listed is ingenuity. Curiosity about certain issues will only get you so far; to solve them, you must be able to think, not necessarily outside the box, but most definitely well enough to figure out where the solution lies, be it conventional or not.
As a master of the skies, I possess every trait in spades. My team smarts need some polishing, but I'm definitely CEO material. No lie.
I believe that out of the traits listed, the most important trait is learning consistently. Without this, a CEO of a company could fall behind in plans and the development of the company. I think a few characteristics that should be added on the list should be able to create new things, come up with slogans and many other things. I believe that I would have the characteristic of creativity and unexpected surprises to improve the company. I would have to improve on a lot such as organization and overall creating a great environment for corporations.
I think the most important trait of those listed was fearlessness. As a CEO I feel that you must be willing to take risks in order to make the biggest potential gains. If a CEO is afraid to make big decisions, they lack to ability to make huge returns due to small risks taken.
Some characteristics I feel that should be added are leadership, open-mindedness, and determination. I feel that I possess open-mindedness. I'm not stubborn in my own beliefs and am open to any opinions, even if they conflict with mine.
Of those, the characteristic I need to work on most is leadership. I have the potential to be a good leader but I don't ever try to be one, which I feel that I could.
I enjoyed reading this article and I can honestly say that this article might have changed my perspectives on CEOs. I think I share some of the qualities of the 5 they mentioned in the article. Curiosity and team smarts are my strong suits in this situation I think. I need to work on Confidence and fearlessness. I think they could add organization as a trait as well, obliviously it is important to run a company.
I think that this article was pretty interesting because it sounds like this is giving like a "template" on how to be a CEO. I would have to say that "Team Smarts" would have to be the most important characteristic because its the CEO who is the "example" of the whole company. If his employees don't know how to do this one thing, maybe he can jump in there really quick and off of the top of his head say "hey look this is how you do this". And the obvious reason, if he doesn't have the team smarts, he wouldn't be the CEO of a company, it wouldn't have lived long enough to prosper.
I think another characteristic that should be added should be an "innovative mind set". because if you own a company and you're trying to compete against the current competition, but are doing the same exact thing that they are doing would not work.
I think the one characteristic that I possess is "Fearlessness" but I think that my exact characteristic is "reckless fearlessness". I think the one characteristic that I nedd to work on would have to be " Team Smarts" because I typically like to be the "leader" of the group which I know doesn't help if the leader has no idea what he is doing.
In my opinion, fearlessness is the most important trait. No investor looks for an idle company to invest in. Plus, fearlessness also incorporates the ability for the individual to have confidence in his/her decisions.
Characteristics that should be added:
1. Ability to take criticism and morph it into something beneficial for both the individual and the company.
2. Ability to adjust to the changing world through an open mind and a yielding mindset to change.
Depending on the background and operations of the company, I would say that I have the passionate curiosity. I also have the knowledge of team smarts since I can both work as the leader as well as listen and obey to higher instructions. I need to work on a simple mind set since I tend to be elaborate and wordy with explanations. Also, I would need to work on a battle-hardened self confidence that can withstand the critical blows of executives in corporations.
I think the most important trait is team smarts because no matter how skilled or talented an individual might be, to thrive and sustain that success requires group effort.
In addition, I think another important characteristic that should be added to the list is a relentless work ethic that allows to work hard each and every single day. This is important because hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
I feel like I possess many of these traits mentioned but I could really work on my team smarts to better develop my ability to work efficiently and successfully as a group.
Of all the traits of a CEO, I believe the most important should be curiosity and fearlessness. Without curiosity its impossible to be innovative and without fearlessness curiosity cannot lead to innovation, thus I believe they both go hand in hand.
Of those 5 listed I believe curiosity, leadership and creativity are my strongest characteristics, I always find myself going the extra mile to be creative in what I do and I find my self very curious and outgoing to try new ideas and ways.
I feel that good work ethic and leadership qualities should be added to the list.
I feel that I need to work more on my co operation skills and also team smarts.
Of all the traits of a CEO, I believe the most important should be curiosity and fearlessness. Without curiosity its impossible to be innovative and without fearlessness curiosity cannot lead to innovation, thus I believe they both go hand in hand.
Of those 5 listed I believe curiosity, leadership and creativity are my strongest characteristics, I always find myself going the extra mile to be creative in what I do and I find my self very curious and outgoing to try new ideas and ways.
I feel that good work ethic and leadership qualities should be added to the list.
I feel that I need to work more on my co operation skills and also team smarts.
Of the traits within the article, I believe that "battle-hardened confidence" is the most important trait. Based on the idea of from "World Class" saying, "being comfortable when uncomfortable," the concept of now wavering in the middle of adversity is a powerful characteristic for any CEO to look for. The constant thing about life is change, and if a leader is not prepared for it then they fail to lead those who follow when given responsibility, however, thus the "battle-hardened" factor plays importance due to experience and insight that strengthens one's confidence. Without this quality, many leaders would only "talk" the talk but not "walk" the walk.
A few characteristics I expected to see on the list would be: discipline,
Open-mindedness,
and stewardship.
I believe that I best possess is "team smarts." The ability to have a keen sense on how a team or group works together is one of the best skills to have when leading others, if one fails to see the tension or success of the general team, then many problems of depreciated members will surface. "Team smarts is also about having good 'peripheral vision' for sensing how people react to one another, not just how they act." Such insight and concern for others is something that I possess due to my nature to empathize with others, thus why I try my best to tend for as many issues as I can possibly handle. In order for me to have team workers that I can fully work with, I must initiate the cycle of building a team first, and not a example of "every man for themselves."
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I think the most important trait is fearlessness because no matter what the leader must be ready to take chances and even if he is skilled and talented to grow and have the possible outcomes of success, they must be brave and be open to new things.
Also, to add to the characteristics i believe that creativity, organization, and people skills will generate success.
I feel like if i am really looked into i possess these traits. A trait i could most work on is my "battle-hardened confidence" because there are many moments when i doubt myself when i shouldnt.
I think that the most important of these traits is being a team player, because if you can't work well with others no matter what other skills you have it will be almost impossible to get ahead on your own.
I think that consideration for others should be added to this list because a boss should be serious with his employees and their work, yet also understanding of circumstances or situations.
I think that I possess curiosity and being a team player. I need to work on confidence and fearlessness.
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