Look for these leadership Characteristics in yourself to
become the leader in yourself of expertise
The leadership Characteristics that we managed to identify:
General leadership Characteristics (at home, with neighbors, colleagues,
leading the soccer team...etc):
• Sensitivity to your team members
• Compassion
• Determination
• Courage
• Commitment
• Motivate
• Confidence
• Wisdom
• Expertise and knowledge
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Fairness - treating everyone equally and on merit.
• Caring for team members
• Never getting emotionally negative with people
• Firm and clear in dealing with bad or unethical behavior
• Be a good listener
• Neutral
• Decisiveness in making all types of decisions
• Keep your promises: Never renege
• Friendly
Leadership Characteristics at the work place or corporate:
• Praise loudly and blame softly. Never ever shout!
• Good balancing ability between your team’s capabilities, making
profit and the social and environmental responsibilities of the corporate.
• Leading by example - always be seen to be working harder and
more determinedly than anyone else.
• Come first to the office and leave last of possible.
• Big shoulders: Accept the blame the responsibility if things go
wrong on behalf of your team. Backing-up and supporting your team
members.
• Give your team the credit for your successes.
• Never promote your self, promote your team members. Your
success promotes you.
• Be honest but sensitive in the way that you give bad news or
criticism.
• Learn to become expert at what you and you team are supposed
to do technically. This enables you to appreciate your team’s abilities
and challenges.
• Encourage your team members to grow by showing them the way,
train them on the job or formally at the pace they can handle.
• Stay positive no matter how the situation is bad. Keep smiling and
encourage others to be happy and enjoy themselves.
• Break down the barriers and get to know your team members
closely, feel their problems, challenges to understand their capabilities
better.
• Planning and prioritizing.
• Exhibit your time management skills and teach others to do the
same.
• Involving your people in your thinking and especially in managing
change.
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