7. Good Communication Skills
Many leaders spend hours crafting
the words when they want to
communicate – especially when they
have an important or sensitive
message they have to deliver. While
this is important they sometimes
underestimate the vital visual and
vocal channels of communication.
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8.
9.
10. Willingness to listen
A good listener hears not only facts
but also feelings. Paraphrasing or
restating the person's message in
shorter terms is a useful technique.
It helps to clarify the message, and
it shows the speaker that you have
heard what they have said.
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11.
12. Trustworthiness
Trustworthiness is the most noble and powerful of
all the attributes of leadership. Leaders become
trustworthy by building a track record of honesty,
fairness, and integrity. Trust is the currency you
will need when the time comes for you to make
unreasonable performance demands on your teams.
And when you’re in that tight spot, it’s quite
possible that the level of willingness your
employees have to meet those demands could
make or break your team or organization.
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13. Little girl and her father were crossing a bridge.
The father was kind of scared so he asked his little daughter,
'Sweetheart, please hold my hand so that you don't fall into the
river.'
The little girl said, 'No, Dad. You hold my hand.'
'What's the difference?' Asked the puzzled father.
'There's a big difference,' replied the little girl.
'If I hold your hand and something happens to me,
chances are that I may let your hand go.
But if you hold my hand, I know for sure that no matter what
happens, you will never let my hand go.'
14. Knowledge and experience
Knowledge is power. Work to be well
educated on community policies,
procedures, organizational norms,
etc. Further, your knowledge of
issues and information will only
increase your success in leading
others.
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Leader
Good Attitude
This can be as little as offering a cup
of coffee to someone who is feeling
under the pump. Or giving a much-
needed day off to someone who has
gone above and beyond the call of
duty. It will ensure others know that
you care and that they are important
to you.
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Leader
Ability to Motivate
Within each person is the often-untapped
potential for energy and enthusiasm that
produces the high job performance
critical to a successful project. Effective
leaders are able to release individuals’
potential energy and build teams that are
motivated and ready to take on the task
at hand.
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18. 12 Traits of a Great
Leader
Integrity
Leading with integrity is one of
the great challenges of
leadership. We often hear those
phrases like “walk the talk” and
“lead by example.”
Unfortunately, you can’t just
lead by cliché.
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Leader
Courage
How do people feel about your leadership skill
set? How can you improve? These are important
questions that a leader needs to constantly ask the
chapter. View feedback as a gift to improve. A
leader is a risk taker and an innovator. New ideas
may come from you from others in the organization,
or from the community. A leader should recognize
good ideas, actively support them, and encourage
action. One may call them early adapters of
innovation.
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21. 12 Traits of a Great
Leader
Ability to Stay Organized
Organized leaders with a task-list
will be able to see exactly what they
need to do and when they need to do
it. This allows them to prioritize their
time more effectively because all
their work is lined out.
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Leader
Ability to Inspire Respect
Treating others with respect will
ultimately earn respect.
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24. 12 Traits of a Great
Leader
Leadership that Sticks
(Positive Reinforcement)
One of the best ways to motivate a team and
produce phenomenal results in the workplace is by
using positive reinforcement. When positive
reinforcement is used, you focus less on what
people are doing wrong and more on what they’re
doing right. By rewarding and praising your team
every time they do a good job, you’ll be able to
condition them into doing well all the time.
25. 12 Traits of a Great
Leader
Accountability
It means that you accept
responsibility for the outcomes
expected of you—both good and bad.
You don’t blame others. And you
don’t blame the external
environment. There are always
things you could have done—or still
can do—to change the outcome.
30. “I know I need to look
around the curve to see
what’s coming and bring the
organization along so they
don’t shoot off the curve in
the road that’s coming up.”
39. Hold onto optimism
“It is my personal responsibility as a leader to “do my internal work” in order to do the work of the organization.”“It is my personal responsibility as a leader to “do my internal work” in order to do the work of the organization.”
40. . “It is my personal responsibility as a leader to “do my internal work” in order to do the work of the organization.”“It is my personal responsibility as a leader to “do my internal work” in order to do the work of the organization.”
“It is my personal
responsibility as a leader to
“do my internal work” in order
to do the work of the
organization.”
