The Top 35 Qualities Every Great Manager Needs To Succeed

We asked more than 125,000 managers, bosses, and high-level executives to suggest the top qualities every great manager needs to succeed? So, how do good managers become great managers?

After working through the results, here are some key qualities we think every great manager needs to succeed. So it is useful to ask yourself which qualities are most critical for you right now.

Here are some key qualities that every good manager should possess – qualities that will make you indispensable:

1. Adaptability to change
2. Being trustworthy and open
3. Develops and fosters diverse teams
4. Vision
5. Honesty
6. Creativity
7. Inspires and motivates others
8. Intuition
9. Emotional Intelligence
10. Communicates powerfully and prolifically
11. Displays high integrity and honesty
12. Ability to Delegate
13. Builds relationships
14. Motivation
15. Positive Attitude
16. Innovates
17. Making Values Visible and Viral
18. Strategic Thinking
19. Very good communicator
20. High self-awareness
21. A positive mind-set
22. Solves problems and analyzes issues
23. Confidence
24. Commitment
25. Be ambitious
26. Focus on the big picture
27. Be decisive and control stress
28. Take an interest in hearing others’ opinions
29. Be flexible
30. Be supportive
31  Celebrate other’s success
32  Back your staff
33. Accept blame
34. Lead by example
35. have a “global mind-set”

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