Leadership Qualities of the Peanuts Cartoon Characters
Charlie Brown is the principal character of the comic strip Peanuts, globally syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers. He’s commonly known as a “lovable loser,” but Michael Gips, JD, CPP, principal of Global Insights in Professional Security, writes in his article, “You’re a Good Leadership Lesson, Charlie Brown” published in Security magazine, that, when closely analyzed, the Peanuts characters can offer key leadership traits for us to emulate.
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His suggestions are:
- Charlie Brown: kindness, optimism, and perseverance
- Linus: listening skills, intelligence, faith, and compassion
- Lucy: confidence, curiosity, and bias for action
- Snoopy: imagination, creativity, and duty
- Schroeder: servant leadership, focus, and passion.
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