Guy Kawasaki, a successful entrepreneur and author, identifies empathy, honesty, and humility as the three most important leadership skills. Empathy means understanding others' perspectives in order to support their needs. Honesty builds trust through transparency, especially during difficulties. Humility involves admitting mistakes and valuing feedback to appear approachable as a leader.

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L E A D E R S H I P
L E S S O N S
F R O M : G U Y
K A W A S A K I

2. I recently had the pleasure of creating
an expert roundup on leadership…
Here’s a link to the original article:
31 Leadership Experts Reveal Top Leadership Skills & Traits >>

3. One of the first contributors was
the incomparable Guy Kawasaki…
I recently had the pleasure of creating
an expert roundup on leadership…
Here’s a link to the original article:
31 Leadership Experts Reveal Top Leadership Skills & Traits >>

4. In case you
didn’t know…

5. Guy Kawasaki is currently the chief
evangelist of Canva, trustee of the
Wikimedia Foundation,
and executive fellow at the Haas
School of Business at U.C. Berkeley.
Prior to that, he was an advisor to
the Motorola business unit of Google
and chief evangelist of Apple.
He is the author of The Art of the
Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media,
Enchantment, and ten other books.
In case you
didn’t know…

6. Needless to say, Guy’s years
of experience make him an
incredibly effective leader.

7. So I asked him a simple question:

8. What are the 3
most important
leadership skills
and/or traits?
So I asked him a simple question:

9. H E R E ’ S W H AT
H E S A I D …

10. #1 Empathy
#2 Honesty
#3 Humility
Those three say
it all for me!
G U Y K A W A S A K I
H E R E ’ S W H AT
H E S A I D …
C L I C K T O T W E E T

11. Let’s dive a little deeper…

12. N U M B E R O N E
Empathy
C L I C K T O T W E E T
The ability to identify
with or understand
another's situation or
feelings: Empathy is
a distinctly human
capability.

13. N U M B E R O N E E M PAT H Y
Why empathy is an important
leadership trait:

14. N U M B E R O N E E M PAT H Y
Why empathy is an important
leadership trait:
Leaders need to understand the needs of the people following them
in order to be effective. Understand that empathy is not the same as
sympathy. Empathy means that you’re able to appreciate what
someone else is going through.
This is an extremely important leadership trait because when you
truly understand the needs of your people, you can provide the
support they need to succeed; which ultimately leads to greater
productivity and collaboration.

15. N U M B E R T W O
Honesty
The definition of
honesty is very
simple: It’ the
quality of being
truthful with your
self and others.
C L I C K T O T W E E T

16. N U M B E R T W O H O N E S T Y
Why honesty is an important
leadership trait:

17. N U M B E R T W O H O N E S T Y
It’s impossible to hide the truth from people nowadays; information
is now openly available online. There are no more secrets, we live
in a transparent world, embrace it.
Being open and honest (especially in difficult situations) with people is a
crucial step in building trust, credibility and a positive reputation as
a leader. You need the people you’re to leading trust you or else
everything else you do will fail.
Why honesty is an important
leadership trait:

18. N U M B E R T H R E E
Humility
Having or showing a
consciousness of
one's defects or
shortcomings, not
proud, not self-
assertive and above
all else, modest.
C L I C K T O T W E E T

19. N U M B E R T H R E E H U M I L I T Y
Why humility is an important
leadership trait:

20. N U M B E R T H R E E H U M I L I T Y
It’s simple, people follow people they like. Some narcissistic leaders
can find a following, but leaders who remain humble and down to
earth are the ones who are loved and celebrated.
Leaders should seek out feedback and focus on the needs of others.
You need to be open to people’s feedback and criticisms and know
how to admit that you’re not perfect and when you make mistakes.
Why humility is an important
leadership trait:

21. Now it’s your turn!

22. Now it’s your turn!
Now that you’ve read Guy’s
top 3 leadership traits, I want
to turn it over to you…
Which trait from this list was your
favorite? What would you add?

23. Let me know what
you think by leaving
a comment below
right now.

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