COMMUNICATION:
A leader can accomplish nothing unless he communicates effectively with his people. Tell them inspire them with his words and communication how they are going to achieve there goals. It is said that knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time. He needs to build a connection between him and his team but also in team members.
RELATIONSHIPS:
A leader should be good in relationships. To understand others and there problems and to motivate them and making them do what you say you need to have a relationship with them. This helps them achieving there goals.
Networking skills are important these days in both business and leadership. A leader must have strong networking and should know how and when to use his relations for his people and work. This helps a leader build an effective team and get the best people. It gives a power not like a dictator but a power with the respect in the eyes of his people.
PERSUASION:
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go but ought to be. This is the leader ability to influence others and make them move in the right direction. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. People respect him and trust him; this is the best influence option leaders have. He makes them do what they don t wanted but needed to do.
ADABTABILITY:
A good leader is adaptable. Means he can adapt to the situation and can take decisions is every condition. In matter of management style he can be adaptable to both war and peace scenarios in business. There are times when leaders have to take decisions in worst situations and crucial times. He should know when he has to be strict and when to give his people free hand. A good leader take different environment and situation as a opportunity to grow and to learn.
TEAM WORK:
A team is the most important for a leader. Good leaders value there people because they are his key to success. A leader or any person cannot do the entire task by himself. He has to use other people talents in the best ways. A leader work is to make a team and make his people believe in team work. Divides the tasks in people to achieve hi goals. A good leader is also a follower when it comes to team work.
COACHING AND DEVELOPMENT:
A good leader is a coach for his team. He tells other there weakness and areas they can improve and also make them learn ways to overcome the weaknesses. A good leader develops his team. He will create the environment where lack of knowledge is bridged through training, developing and mentoring. They motivate and encourage others to learn.
DECISION MAKING:
A great leader can balance confidence in his abilities & that of his team with the fuzzy information available to him. He can take good decisions in a timely manner, adapting his decisions according to the level of information (High/Low) available and the confidence level. A leader goes through al the information they have before making a decision and see pros and cons of a decision. In a situation where fast decision is needed they use there experience and six sense. A timely decision is more effective then a quick or slow decision and leaders should be known when it is the right time to make decision.
PLANING:
Planning is the road map to success. There is more chance to be successful by making a plan rather than going blindly. Leaders are good planner and executors. Plans without execution are just wastage of time. A leader should know when to act on his plan. A plan is a future assumption and strategically achieving your goals.