THE COMMON TRAITS OF GREAT LEADERS Part II

THE COMMON TRAITS OF GREAT LEADERS, Part II

The additional components of traits that come to mind are:

·        Empowerment-Patience-Diplomacy

·        Humility-Influence-Purpose

·        Trust-Vision-Integrity

·        Perspective-Listening-Motivation

·        Owner/Accountability

Empowerment

The first order of the day is to provide proper guidance and

Limits and supporting the decisions of the subordinates. Make

sure everybody on the team has adequate opportunities to contribute

 and feel they are having a meaningful impact on the company.

When subordinate leaders are empowered, their intelligence

And talents can be unleashed to help the company grow

Patience

The perseverance of patience can have magical effects on

difficulties disappearing and obstacles vanishing. Always wait for

For the right opportunity and don’t swing at every pitch. Such

Characteristics bode well for becoming a successful leader

Diplomacy

There are enormities of roles that a leader has to play. One

Is the incubating of talents of others, and that of being a strategist?

One of the most important is to ensure that everybody is on the

Same page, and that teams work together toward common and

Collective goals despite cultural and/or political differences

Humility

The major bone of contention is for the company or organization

To insure its ability to learn, and to translate the learned knowledge

Into action in a timely fashion. This ensures that it has the ultimate

competitive advantage. In order to be on the leading edge of innovation

And improving, team members must be reflective and self-aware

Everybody should acknowledge when mistakes are made, and

Correct them so they can get better, at what they do. A good

Leader must say, I made a mistake, I am sorry, here is what I am

Going to do to make it better.

Influence

Leaders must have the ability to influence rather than authority

This tends to be the utmost important quality of a great leader.

Influencing requires patience for coaching, emotional intelligence

Effective communications, negotiating and consensus skills and traits

When leaders possess such skills it helps stakeholders to produce

better employees and customer engagement. It also increases

collaboration, innovation, and ultimately drives excellence for the

Company or the organization

Purpose

Have a clear mindset for the reason the company exists beyond

profit, and to be able to articulate that clearly and consistently

to all involved both externally and internally. This shall creates

the culture for a healthier and more valuable business entity.

Trust

As a leader one cannot do it all. In order for the company to be

successful, one must delegate responsibility to others that is trust

worthy. Leaders will know that employees who can be trusted

for such delegation of tasks. And can do so, knowing the employee

has the ability to achieve success in getting the job done.  

Vision

Great leaders are able to able get team members to see the big

picture. Because, they create the vision, articulate the vision,

and passionately own the vision, and be relentless with it to completion

In doing so, allows everyone to understand the importance of the

role they play on helping to bring the vision to reality

Integrity

Great leaders realize they cannot do it all by themselves.

The process of integrity matters in a number of ways: leaders

with integrity foster critical trust among colleagues and tend to

direct deport, and demonstrate a commitment to moral and

ethical behavior. Those who do will not gain any trust or buy-in

by teams and colleagues, which will end up being a negative

situation and shall impact negatively on management and

performance.  

Perspective

When others hold a short-range view, The Leader must have a

long range view. That shall be the right stuff to separate great

leaders from the rest of the crowd, and their ability to see the bigger

picture instead of becoming lost in the details. Great leaders know

and understand how each member of the team works to contribute

to overall goals of the company. In the process of keeping the end

 the objective insight, such leaders can push the company

forward toward the long term goals, rather than being stuck

at the short term level,

Listening

To be listened too is an honor; it is also an element of patience

To have the uncanny ability to listen and appreciate invaluable feedback

And input. Being a good or great leader, possessing the ability

To be an attentive listener is absolutely critical, especially from

those people who are on the front line

Motivation

Great leaders tend to be the ultimate and consummate

motivators. Such leadership quality is usually spotted very

early on at the beginning of the inner-action process. They under-

stand the importance of working with others, as well as, to roll

up their sleeve to work hard on their own. In addition, they will

genuinely want to be engaged and involved in the overall growth

and development of the company. While possessing a great

attitude and approach to helping the company to expand and grow

in the long term

Ownership/Accountability

When teams, in particular; a leader, who takes ownership of it’s

problems that needs to be solved. This in turns is a testament

of true battlefield leadership and true take charge business

acumen. Such a leader who matriculate with such accountability

can quickly become successful in handling management tasks.

Beyond navigating savings, and making the company successful

These type of leaders also typically develop employees under their

Tutelage, as they are mentored to possess the same management skills

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