In addition to talent, specialist knowledge and a certain amount of luck, a person’s character traits are also decisive for professional success.
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Berlin Prestige, good salary, responsibility: There are many reasons why people aspire to a position in senior management. However, very few make it to the top. Whether someone really becomes a boss does not only depend on talent, studies, specialist knowledge or luck. Personality is also important to a large extent.
Matthias Sutter knows which character traits increase the likelihood of ending up in the executive chair. The behavioral economist is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn and author of the book “The Human Factor – or What Matters in Working Life”.
Here are seven traits that Sutter says make the difference between someone making it to the top of the corporate ladder—or not.
1. Strategic thinking
“It’s clear that you need brains to get to the top,” says researcher Sutter. Above all, it is crucial whether a person who is willing to advance can think strategically.
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