QUALITIES OF A GOOD LEADER

1. Honesty. Always do the honest thing. It makes employees feel like they know where they stand with you at all times.

2. Clarity. The only way you can get confidence is by becoming really, really clear about who you are and what is most important to you. New leaders fail when they try to become all things to all people, or try to do too much out of their area of excellence. Clarity helps you say “yes” to the right things — and “no” to others.

Good leaders are concerned with the success of the people in their team. They care deeply about people’s progression through their careers. They recognize that keeping other people down is no way to prop themselves up.

Courage
‘‘Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.’’ (Winston Churchill)

Focus
Leaders always focus on the needs of the company and the situation. Leaders focus on results, on what must be achieved by themselves, by others, and by the company. Great leaders focus on strengths, in themselves and in others. They focus on the strengths of the organization, on the things that the company does best in satisfying demanding customers in a competitive marketplace.