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- 10.01.2017
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OpenText™ "Leadership and Celebrating Mentors"
Following up on my recent blog about my experience at the CCNG Executive Summit and the topic of leadership, I had shared the following list of characteristics that a successful leader must demonstrate and possess:
- Clear and concise communication
- Active listening
- Decisive
- Transparent
- Sympathetic and empathetic
- Ownership
- Accountable
- Motivation
- Other-centered
- Authentic
Several years ago, I was part of a group of mid-level managers to be selected for an executive mentor/mentee program. We were the first group to go through this newly launched program which spanned for one year. I wrote this poem below to thank all of the mentors for their wisdom, knowledge and helping us become better leaders and become better people.