Brad Sugars' 10 Principles of Leadership:
- Know yourself and seek self-improvement. In order to know yourself, you have to understand your "be", "know", and "do" attributes. This is possible by continually strengthening your attributes by reading and self-study.
- Be technically proficient. As a leader, you must know your job and have a solid familiarity with your employees' jobs.
-Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions. Search for ways to guide your organization to new heights. And when things go wrong, do not blame others.
-Make sound and timely decisions. Use good problem solving, decision-making, and planning tools.
-Set the example. Be a good role model for you employees. They will believe what they see - not what they hear.
-Know your people and look out for their well-being. Know human nature and the importance of sincerely caring for your workers.
- Keep your people informed. Know how to communicate with your people, seniors, and other key people within the organization.
-Develop a sense of accountability, ownership and responsibility in your people. These traits will help them carry out their professional responsibilities.
-Ensure tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished. Communication is the key to this responsibility.
-Train your people as a team. By developing team spirit, you will be able to employ your organization, department, section, etc. to its fullest capabilities.
