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Søren Skou lists three qualities a skilled leader must possess

Søren Skou, CEO of the world's biggest container line Maersk, thinks three basic concepts create and define a skilled business leader. Hard work is only the third-most important.

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Three core concepts make up the skilled business leader if one is to ask Søren Skou, chief executive of the world's largest container line, Maersk.

Skou was recently interviewed by Jean-François Manzoni, president of prestigious business school IMD in Switzerland in connection with Skou, as a former MBA student, visiting the school in Lausanne in late July.

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