Qualities for promotion to a position

When assessing and selecting candidates for nomination to a vacant position, the following groups of qualities are used:

1. Civic maturity. This includes:

• the ability to subordinate personal interests to the interests of the firm;
• the ability to listen to people and to be self-critical.

2. Attitude to work. This group covers the following qualities:

• a sense of personal responsibility for the assigned task;
• a sensitive and attentive attitude towards people;
• diligence;
• personal discipline and insistence that others observe discipline;
• the level of work aesthetics.

3. Level of knowledge. This group includes qualities such as:

• qualifications appropriate to the position held;
• knowledge of the objective foundations of management;
• knowledge of advanced leadership methods;
• knowledge of the capabilities of modern management technology and the ability to use it in one's work: general erudition.

4. Organisational skills. These include:

• the ability to organise the management system and one's own work;
• the ability to work with subordinates and with the heads of various organisations;
• command of advanced leadership methods: the ability to formulate goals briefly and clearly, and to express thoughts in business letters, orders, instructions, assignments and tasks;
• the ability to build a cohesive team; the ability to hold business meetings: the capacity for self-assessment of one's own abilities and work, as well as those of others; the ability to select, deploy and retain staff.

5. Ability to lead the management system. This group is represented by the following qualities:

• the ability to make decisions in a timely manner;
• the ability to ensure control over their implementation;
• the ability to get one's bearings quickly in a difficult situation and resolve conflicts;
• the ability to maintain psychological hygiene and self-control;
• self-confidence.

6. Ability to support progress. This group includes:

• the ability to see the new;
• to recognise and support innovators, enthusiasts and rationalisers;
• the ability to recognise and neutralise sceptics, conservatives, reactionaries and adventurers;
• initiative;
• boldness and determination in supporting and introducing innovations; the courage and ability to take reasonable risks.

7. Moral and ethical character traits. This group includes:

• honesty, conscientiousness, decency, integrity;
• composure, self-restraint, politeness;
• perseverance, sociability, charm;
• modesty;
• unpretentiousness.

Also good health, length of service at the given enterprise, and a neat and tidy appearance.