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During the past two years, Modern CEO has explored the skills and traits executives need in order to navigate today’s complex business environments. Leadership experts have argued that humility, authenticity and resilience are essential to manage technological change, steer companies through geopolitical and economic uncertainty, and develop and retain talent.&
Let’s add gratitude to that list. Author Chester Elton, whose work focuses on organizational culture, says high-performing teams and leaders embrace recognition. Gratitude isn’t a “nice-to-have if you were to be a great leader. It was an absolute must-have,” he told SHRM (previously known as the Society for Human Resource Management).
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