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Be the Unicorn

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Be the Unicorn

12 Data-Driven Habits that Separate the Best Leaders from the Rest

HarperCollins Leadership,

15 min read
13 take-aways
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What's inside?

Develop specific leadership skills to become a modern-day unicorn.

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Editorial Rating

9

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Recommendation

William Vanderbloemen, an executive search professional, details a dozen leadership habits you can develop to stand out from the crowd – just like the fabled unicorn. He offers a lot of basic but useful information, though you might wish he would stop referring to himself in the third person, coupled with the phrase “not to brag.” His 12 leadership lessons include important soft skills presented with intriguing, teachable case studies. Vanderbloemen shows leaders who want to advance how to become more productive and competent as well as more likable – an asset whether you want a promotion at work, more sales, or improved social connections.

Summary

Become as unique as a unicorn by developing 12 leadership-related soft skills.

What is a unicorn? In this context, it’s a distinctive person others admire and respect. Unicorn-level leaders are rare, though not mythical, and you can become one. A unicorn stands out as the spark that lights up a room, the magical force everyone else wants to experience and emulate, the heart of a team.

William Vanderbloemen founded and runs an executive search firm. Companies hire him to find and recruit top talent for executive positions. He has learned by experience exactly which habits, qualities, and characteristics distinguish superstars — the unicorns — from everyone else. 

Vanderbloemen and his firm have conducted more than 30,000 interviews with executives seeking new positions. Candidates’ answers to his company’s extensive questionnaire taught him and his colleagues what traits make leaders special. Based on his firm’s research, Vanderbloemen identifies 12 soft skills that distinguish unicorns from everyone else. Unicorns move swiftly. They are authentic, agile problem solvers who ...

About the Author

William Vanderbloemen is the founder and CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group, which Forbes named one of the best small businesses in the United States. It specializes in serving churches, schools, nonprofits, and values-driven businesses.

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