Great leaders have kindness, gratitude and humility in common. That is why they speak about the accomplishments of their teams.
The best way to learn about the values of a leaders is to pay attention to the way they communicate during successes and failures. Great leaders have in common that they appraise their team for successes and take full responsibility for failures. Their wording is filled with kindness, gratitude and humility, but when failures occur, they step up to the plate and address the issues and the corrections they will implement. No sugar coating, no denial, and especially no handing own the responsibility.
Poor leaders do the absolute opposite and are not worthy of being in charge of people and missions! Great leaders have kindness, gratitude and humility in common. That is why they speak about the accomplishments of their teams. Poor leaders lack that all in full.
Dr. ir Johannes Drooghaag