This document is from the Junior Chamber International seminar on becoming a successful executive. It provides tips on developing self-knowledge, maturity, intuition, leadership skills, building a winning team through communication and cohesion, and the importance of willpower for success. Sections include identifying self-defense mechanisms, distinguishing mature from immature executives, the value of intuition in decision making, balancing intellect and emotion in leadership, and characteristics of effective team building.

1. Welcome to the
Junior Chamber International
The Successful Executive
Seminar
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2. Insight or Self-
Knowledge
a. Keep a diary
b. Reflect upon your life
c. Look at people you generally dislike
d. Identify recurring patterns
SELF-CONSCIOUS DEFENSE MECHANISMS
a. Rationalization
b. Denial
c. Repression
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3. Development of
Maturity
Mature Executives Immature Executives
Are tolerant Blame others for their
mistakes
Respect people’s
rights Need to take credit for new
ideas
Know and use
talents to form Set up rivalry, are jealous,
a team and angry
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4. INTUITION
Successful executives need to be
able to withdraw from within
themselves intuitive,
subjective information to
help them in
their decisions
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5. Leadership:
Head & Heart
he intellectual executive wants ideas.
he emotional executive wants ideals.
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6. Tips for Becoming a
Power Leader:
A. People need guided
freedom
B. Pride
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7. Characteristics of a
Winning Team
a. Team members have to value being part of the group
b. The goals and purposes of the group will be defined
c. Team members want norms and are willing to live
within established norms
d. Secrets behind closed-doors deals tear away the
fabric of the team
e. Members are supportive of each other and help
each other succeed
f. Open communication is the norm and all are allowed
to talk, no matter their position or the merit of
their idea
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8. Building Cohesive
and Working Teams
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9. Communication
The more genuine and open
you are, the more the other
person will perceive you
as being trustworthy.
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10. SUCCESS
The difference between
successful and unsuccessful
persons is that the latter ones
not only lack strength,
but rather will.
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