Initiative

Leaders must show initiative.  They most always look for opportunities and be ready to take action.
There are four qualities that leaders possess and these qualities enable them to make things happen.

1. They know what they want: If you are going to be an effective leader,  you’ve got to know what you want. That’s the only way you’ll recognize opportunity when it comes.
2. They push themselves to act: Initiators do not wait for other people to motivate them.
3. They take more risks: Proactive people always take risks. One of the reasons good leaders are willing to take risks is that they recognize there is a price for not initiating too.
4. They make more mistakes: The good thing about initiators is that they make things happen.  Even though initiating leaders experience more failure,  they don’t let it bother them.

Are you an initiator? Are you constantly on the lookout for opportunity,  or do you just wait for it to come to you?

“Even the right desicion is the wrong desicion if it is made too late.”

Former Chrysler Chairman Lee Iacocca

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