Optimism, confidence, strength, decisiveness and self-control are undeniably important qualities for leaders.
Think about the virtues we've traditionally admired in our (mostly male) leaders: optimism, confidence, strength, decisiveness and self-control.
Outstanding executives valued decision making decisiveness—"bias for action"—more than the comparison group.
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The Chelsea defender's defining characteristic has long been his decisiveness, the manner in which he assumes control of a situation with a no-holds-barred sureness.
Developing complementary traits — like spontaneity for self-control, or open-mindedness for decisiveness — makes you a more wholly human leader, better able to handle complexity.
The former president valued decisiveness and once he made a decision rarely revisited it.
"We lack a focused, cohesive vision for our own company... we lack decisiveness". In a bid to restore urgency, Yang re-took control of Yahoo last year, outsting its long-serving chief executive Terry Semel.
"Now children urgently need the same vision and decisiveness from their leaders to stop polio, before the disease spreads out of control in the region".
Vision, passion, communication skills, decisiveness, confidence, clarity, even empathy all pop up regularly on these popular lists, but not self-control.
