Traditional Qualities 
-  Greatness starts with superb people.
 
 
-  Great groups and great leaders create each other.
 
 
-  Every great group has a strong leader.
 
 
-  The leaders of great group love talent and know where to find it.
 
 
-  Great groups are talented people who can work together.
 
 
-  Great groups think they are on a mission from God.
 
 
-  Every great group is an island-but an island with a bridge to the mainland. 
 
 
-  Great groups see themselves as winning underdogs.
 
 
-  Great groups always have an enemy.
 
 
-  People in great groups have blinders on.
 
 
-  Great groups are optimistic not realistic.
 
 
-  In great groups, the right person has the right job.
 
 
-  Leaders of great groups give them what they need and free them from the rest. 
 
 
-  Great work is its own reward.
 
 List borrowed from  California Alumni association