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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