The most successful leaders in history displayed a combination of grit, grace, and gravitas; qualities and strengths that led to their great achievements. If you want to increase your leadership skills, consider these 16 characteristics:
Grit is an uncompromising commitment to performance excellence and strategic focus. Characteristics include:
1) Being strategic
2) Adapting to challenges
3) Achieving operational effectiveness
4) Modeling responsibility and accountability
5) Demonstrating persistence
Grace is a command of emotional and relationship intelligence, and communication that can transform performance and elevate others to a better place. Characteristics include:
1) Deepening self-awareness
2) Inspiring people
3) Preferring constructive approaches
4) Acting respectfully
5) Inviting collaboration and partnership
6) Projecting authenticity
Gravitas is having the depth of professional knowledge and competence that contributes to excellence in performance. Characteristics include:
1) Being a visionary
2) Demonstrating credibility
3) Conveying stature
4) Projecting confidence
5) Providing a focused presence
Of the three categories, Grace is the game changer! If you deepen your self-awareness, translate emotions to better adapt to difficulties, and focus on listening and communicating powerfully–then you can project confidence, behave courageously, inspire others to pursue a worthy purpose, and demonstrate Gravitas and Grit.
The book Grit, Grace and Gravitas by Jane Firth and Andrea Zintz will be released by the end of 2017. Stay tuned!
