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Article: Are you a great leader?(WOMEN OF POWER (PART 3 OF A SERIES))
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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WHAT MAKES A STRONG leader ... ability, strength, character? In a competitive, global market, great leaders are change makers and encompass all three of these attributes. They are also innovators and intelligent risk takers with a boundless appetite to recruit, work with, and inspire the most talented people, in the book The Nature of Leadership: Beptiles, Mammals and the Challenge of Becoming a Great Leader by B. Joseph White (AMACOM, $21.95), the author divides leadership qualities into two categories: Reptilian, which is aggressive, analytical, competitive; and Mammalian, which is nurturing, cooperative, accommodating, and teaching. Ideally, a style blending these two ...