You could start by examining your behavior against the following leadership traits;

Leadership
1. Personal Responsibility.
"You lead today by building teams, encouraging accurate conversations and placing others first. It's not about you."

2. Simplify Constantly.
"Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three outcomes the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading well."

3. Understand Breadth, Depth, and Context.
"One of the most important things is context. It's how your company fits in with the world and how you respond to it."

4. Company alignment and personal time management.
"Set the example by spending your time around the things that are really important: setting priorities, measuring outcomes, and rewarding them."

5. Leaders learn constantly and also have to learn how to teach.
"A leader's primary role is to teach. People who work with you don't have to agree with you, but they have to feel you're willing to share what you've learned."

6. Stay true to your own style.
"Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I spent a minute thinking to myself 'I could have done three things better yesterday.' "

7. Manage by setting boundaries with freedom in the middle.
"The boundaries are commitment, accuracy, trust, and teamwork. Within those guidelines, there's plenty of freedom. But no one can cross those four boundaries."

8. Stay disciplined and detailed.
"Good leaders are never afraid to intervene personally on things that are important. Michael Dell can tell you how many computers were shipped from Singapore yesterday."

9. Leave a few things unsaid.
"I may know an answer, but I'll often let the team find its own way. Sometimes, being an active listener is much more effective than ending a meeting with me defining the actions."

10. Like people.
"Today, it's employment at will. Nobody's here who doesn't want to be here. So it's critical to understand people, to always be fair, and to want the best in them. And when it doesn't work, they need to know it's not personal."

Adapted from a discussion with Jeff Immelt at Leadership Training course and his top ten.

Dennis