10 Qualities That Make A Great Leader
1. Honesty
Your business and its employees are a reflection of yourself, and if you make honest and ethical behavior a key value, your team will follow suit.
2. Delegate
The key to delegation is identifying the strengths of your team, and capitalizing on them. Its important to remember that trusting your team with your idea is a sign of strength, not weakness.
3. Communication
Being able to clearly and succinctly describe what you want done is extremely important. If you can’t relate your vision to your team, you won’t all be working towards the same goal.
4. Confidence
As the leader, by staying calm and confident, you will help keep the team feeling the same.
5. Commitment
By proving your commitment to the brand and your role, you will not only earn the respect of your team, but will also instill that same hardworking energy among your staff.
6. Positive Attitude
You want to keep your team motivated towards the continued success of the company, and keep the energy levels up.
7. Creativity
As a leader, its important to learn to think outside the box and to choose which of two bad choices is the best option.
8. Intuition
Guiding your team through the process of your day-to-day tasks can be honed down to a science. But when something unexpected occurs, or you are thrown into a new scenario, your team will look to you for guidance.
9. Inspire
As the leader, inspiring your team to see the vision of the successes to come is vital.
10. Approach
In order to optimize your effectiveness as a leader, you must have the ability to customize your approach on a person by person basis, based on the situation at hand.
