The Anatomy of a Leader (page 2)
Those who worked with Richard Erickson had this to say:
- Humble Beginnings
- Grass Roots Experience
- Keen Sense of People and What Makes Them Tick
- Simplified, Common Sense Approach
- Asked Tough Questions – Expected Good Answers
- Empowered Others
- Bolstered Confidence and Commitment
- Gave Expectations – Not Orders
- Valued People
- Lived and Worked with Integrity
- Approachable
- Solid Core Values and Beliefs
- Determined
- Visionary
- Compassionate
- High Credibility
- Clarity in Purpose
- Consistent
- Integrity (Honest – Trustworthy – Fair)
- Praised publicly – Criticized privately
- Communicator – Keeps it simple and focused
- Care’s About What’s Right (More than Who’s Right)
- Gratitude / Recognition
- Balanced Approach to Strategy
- Keen Sense of Risk – Reward
- Analysis without paralysis
- Gracious / Solid
- Avoids buzzwords and trendy behavior
- Ultimately creates his own trend, unintentionally
- Doesn’t complain – Never a whiner
- Doesn’t speak ill of others
- Very positive
- Fast with work – Slow with people
- No matter how busy, he always seemed to have time for people.
- People felt better about themselves because of him.
- It was never about him. Always gave away the credit.
- Passionate
- Owns his mistakes
- Lifts the confidence of direct reports and others throughout the organization.
- Had finesse with the leash.
- Knows when to let it out and when to bring it in.
- Knows when to push and when to pull back
- He is very direct without damaging people.
- Created great organizational trust, and a sense of purpose.
- He made his expectations clear.
- He trusted you to invent the “how”, he usually provided the “what”.
- You could depend upon his support. He backed his players completely.
- In his speeches, he didn’t speak at people. He spoke with them. Related to them.
- When he was finished speaking you were nodding your head about what he wanted you to do next. You didn’t want to let him down.
- He knew how to make us feel important and a part of something great.
Buy the books; Take the classes; Get a leadership degree; . . . . . You will not find a more comprehensive list of leadership qualities.
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