The most essential key element of a Dynamic Business Leader
Many a times this question
has been asked to me, during my Leadership Development
programs, by young executives, young generation of
family business owners, " What are the key elements of
success or in other words what are the most essential
qualities expected in a successful business leader ? "
Some of them might insist to further narrow the list and
insist to list out only three pre-requisite qualities.
Someone would go down further and would insist to name
out the single most important pre-requisite quality for
being a successful business leader.
At first, I refused to name the single most quality because of the fear of oversimplification of the subject matter but the question made me think over the question again and again. In fact many essential qualities have been studied by many management experts many of them are equally important and essential but the question did not allow me to sleep for a few nights. I asked my self the same question again and again " Which is the one pre- requisite quality for success without which a person can not be successful ? " I started to narrow down the circle of essential qualities and I found the answer !!
I reasoned it out. Then onwards if someone asked me the same question again I always answered that question without any hesitation. " Desire for success. The indomitable burning desire of success." if it would be there it will compensate or compel the person to acquire any other missing essential quality but if a person does not have the burning desire. All the other essential qualities would sometime fail to achieve success for him.
Manoj Kotak, Management Consultant(4MP Management Consultancy), 30th April,2008
At first, I refused to name the single most quality because of the fear of oversimplification of the subject matter but the question made me think over the question again and again. In fact many essential qualities have been studied by many management experts many of them are equally important and essential but the question did not allow me to sleep for a few nights. I asked my self the same question again and again " Which is the one pre- requisite quality for success without which a person can not be successful ? " I started to narrow down the circle of essential qualities and I found the answer !!
I reasoned it out. Then onwards if someone asked me the same question again I always answered that question without any hesitation. " Desire for success. The indomitable burning desire of success." if it would be there it will compensate or compel the person to acquire any other missing essential quality but if a person does not have the burning desire. All the other essential qualities would sometime fail to achieve success for him.
Manoj Kotak, Management Consultant(4MP Management Consultancy), 30th April,2008
