Business Acumen – Know how businesses work; knowledgeable in policies, practices, trends, and information affecting retail business; is aware of how strategies and tactics work in the marketplace.

Managing Vision and Purpose – Communicates a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose; looks beyond today, is all about possibilities; optimistic; creates mileposts and symbols to rally support behind the vision; able to make the vision sharable by everyone; can inspire and motivate entire units or organizations.

Negotiating – Negotiates skillfully in tough situations with both internal and external groups; settles differences with minimum noise; direct as well as diplomatic; gains trust quickly; good sense of timing.

Integrity and Trust – Widely trusted; seen as a clear, truthful individual; presents the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes.

Drive for Results – Exceeds goals successfully; constantly and consistently a top performer; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly motivates self and others for results.

Strategic Agility – Sees ahead clearly; anticipates future consequences and trends accurately; broad knowledge and perspective; future oriented; articulately paints credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; creates competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.

Learning on the Fly – Learns quickly when facing new problems; a versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.