3 leadership habits all managers should learn from Jay-Z

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Jay-Z made his way from drug-dealer-turned-rapper into ‘the’ multi-industry mogul. His incredible success can be traced back to three leadership habits that he displays time and time again. With every new artist he signs and with every new business venture he undertakes, Jay-Z uses these habits to make sure he leads his team to success.

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To bring out the best in your team, you have to bring out the best in yourself.

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Jay-Z consistently out-work everyone and perform at his highest level.

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Rita Ora once arrived late to a recording session, and Jay-Z made her pay a fine.

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Instead of making her work harder because of fear, this made her want to impress him even more due to his relentless work ethic.

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!Jay-Z is always on time during recording sessions. He memorises all of his lines and never wasted time that leads to any costly re-takes.

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As the team leader, your actions set the expectations of everyone around you.

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If you want to push people to work even harder and deliver even better work, start with yourself and perform accordingly.

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Most rappers only collaborate with other rappers.

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Jay-Z works with rappers, artists from other genres and even people from entirely different industries.

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Other than working with Justin Timberlake and Linkin Park…

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He owns sports teams with Russian billionaires and negotiates hundred million dollar contracts for athletes.

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Jay-Z find success as a leader because he’s constantly learning from people different than him.

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This habit gives him a wealth of experiences that he can apply to future business endeavours.

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When people work with Jay-Z, they know they’re working with someone who will be there for them no matter what comes.

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Once when a Cristal executive publicly denounce that HipHop was giving a bad impression to their brand…

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Other than a strong press release, he also pulled the champagne from his line of sports lounges and encouraged other rappers to do the same.

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The comment wasn’t even directed to Jay-Z or his label…

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But he felt that he needed to defend the entire culture of hip-hop from being slandered.

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He have defended Rihanna’s controversial choice to get back together with Chris Brown.

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Not forgetting being by Kanye’s side after that incident with Taylor Swift.

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