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The characteristic used in Toyota to recognize a potential leader is a desire, even a passion, for self-improvement, and only those who show the desire and ability to improve themselves are promoted to the next level of leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toyota provides extraordinary opportunities to develop the talents of individuals who show this inner desire, deliberately creating situations to challenge people and teach them to produce extraordinary people and leaders on a daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, leaders must learn to be leaders through training that gives them all the skills and tools they need for personal development and for the team they lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">But what are the most important skills for Toyota leadership?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strong ability to <strong>openly observe the work<\/strong> in one&#8217;s own organization, without constraints and preconceptions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Active listening to<\/strong> what people are really saying;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to <strong>think systematically<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Understanding<\/strong> of each person&#8217;s <strong>actual<\/strong> <strong>strengths<\/strong> and <strong>weaknesses<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ability to <strong>clearly define problems<\/strong> and identify their original cause;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>planning<\/strong> skills;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Creative identification of countermeasures<\/strong> to the real root causes;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ability to turn <strong>plans into<\/strong> concrete <strong>actions<\/strong> by assigning clear responsibilities;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ability to take the <strong>time<\/strong> and<strong>energy to reflect<\/strong> deeply and identify further opportunities for improvement;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ability to <strong>motivate and influence people<\/strong> in the organization toward <strong>common goals<\/strong> (even without having direct authority over them);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ability to <strong>teach this to others.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improvement begins with learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Leadership<\/strong>, then, is skill-based, but too often companies expect that one can learn to be a leader after a short training course: the assumption is that if the leaders being trained are able to understand the concepts intellectually, their actions will reflect what they have understood. 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