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How to be a good leader.

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sethy:
Leadership skills and techniques is not natural. It can be but very few. The skills and techniques of a leader can be learned.

There are some tips that help to be a good leader are given below-

*Care for your team- That means knowing what matters to each member: their health, their partner, their children, their relatives, their interests, their hopes, their fears.

*Stay close to your team- At some point, every day, walk around the office and say "Hi" to everyone who works for you. If you're not in the office that day, call and see how people are. This gives you a chance to  encourage and gives them an opportunity to raise issues or make suggestions.

*Meet your team Regularly - daily, weekly or monthly, depending on your place and type of work - have meetings of all the members of the team. Keep these meetings short, focused and action-orientated. Make sure every member of the team contributes in some way and acknowledge that.  

sethy:
*Train your team- Every team member should have at least two days training a year. Newer and more senior colleagues should have more. If they don't ask to go on training sessions, suggest some suitable courses.

*Grow your team- Through varied experience and regular training, you should be developing each team member to be more and more confident and more skilled.

*Inspire your team- Consider making available a motivational quote or story every week or month.

sethy:
*Celebrate with your team- This might be a personal event, such as a member's birthday or anniversary, or a professional occasion, such as completing a project or winning of a contract.

*Socialize with your team- Have lunch or an after-work drink with them, especially when a member has a birthday or there's another reason to celebrate.

*Set objectives for each team member- As far as possible, these objective such be SMART - Specific Measurable Achievable Resourced Timed.

sethy:
*Review the performance of each team member- At least once a year - at least quarterly for the first year of a new team member - have a review session where you assess performance, give feed-back and agree future objectives and training.

*Thank constantly- The words "Thank you" take seconds to say, but mean so much.

*Praise constantly- The words "Well done" take seconds to say, but will be long remembered and appreciated.

*Eliminate- Too often we do things because they've always been done. Life changes. Consider whether you could stop doing certain things altogether.

sethy:
*Communicate constantly- Don't assume that people know what you're doing, still less what you are planning or thinking. Tell them, using all the communication tools to hand: team briefings, electronic newsletters, organizational newspapers.

*Delegate - You don't have to do everything. Develop your team members by training them to do more and trusting them to take over some of the things you've been doing.

*Empower - A really effective leader sets clear objectives for his team members, but leaves detailed implementation of these objectives to the discretion and judgement of individual members of the team.

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