“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
— Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Clearly, as Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author of The Little Prince, suggested, great leaders are inspiring. It’s generally true that you know great leaders when you see them — but what, exactly, are their characteristics? Here are five key characteristics and groups of characteristics to consider.