Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldnt have happened otherwise. Its not that the creation of results that makes good leadership. Good leaders are able to deliberately create challenging results by enlisting the help of others. They can single handedly turn failing companies into fortune 500 organizations. They can change company culture. Good leadership is an essential key to corporate success. What makes a good leader? Here are some of the most important characteristics of a good leader. 1. Self-awareness - you have an intimate knowledge of your inner emotional state. You know your strength and weaknesses. You know when your working is flow and when youre overworked. You know yourself including your capabilities and your limitations which allows you to push yourself to your next potential. 2. Self-direction - youre able to direct yourself effectively and powerfully. You know how to get things done, how to organize tasks and how to avoid procrastination. You know how to generate energy for projects, to calm yourself when angered. You can make decisions quickly when necessary, but can also slow to consider all the options on the table. 3. Vision- youre working towards a goal thats greater than yourself. It could be something small like the success of the team or a larger vision is far more inspiring than working towards personal gain. 4. Ability to motivate - leaders dont lead by telling people what they have to do. Instead, leaders causing people to want to help them. A key part of that is cultivating your own desire to help others. When others sense that you want to help them, they in turn want to help you. 5. Social awareness - understanding social network and key influencer in that social network is another key part of leadership, who in the organization has the most clout, both officially and unofficially? Who moves the hearts of the group?
Posted on: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 08:33:13 +0000
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