Why Hope is the Overlooked Leadership Trait that Makes Organizations Thrive

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A common question among leaders and organizations is, “What type of leader is the most effective at helping organizations thrive?” Often, the focus is on clear leadership traits, such as emotional resilience, courage and patience. These traits are critical to the success of a leader, but there is one overlooked trait that can help propel good leaders to becoming great leaders. A trait that can help organizations thrive, especially in the current climate of rapid change and uncertainty, is hope.

One of the best and clearest definitions of hope, from the Cambridge dictionary, is “to want something to happen or to

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