孫子兵法 The Art of War – Chapter 1.3/4: 智信仁勇嚴

The 5 critical traits of a leader

Different from personalities, these are the traits of what a leader should possess.

Again, it can be applied to many aspects of life, but we would just focus on applying it to business management and leadership in my own understanding and interpretation.

智: to be wise and be able to see the big picture

信: ability to command absolute trust

仁: capacity to allow failures to happen

勇: innate desire to take on challenges and disrupt undesirable status quo

嚴: the will to uphold discipline and fairness