OLD COURSE Leadership Skills

 

Leadership Skills:

Leadership skills involves…

-       Ability to take decisions,

-       To take initiatives,

-       To motivate,

-       To lead by example,

-       To use reason rather than emotion,

-       To resolve conflicts,

-       To take blame when things go wrong,

                                         

Characteristics of Good Leader:

 

·      A motivator: He/she will be able to inspire confidence in co-workers and team members. He will motivate them to perform task at hand.

·      Honesty: A good leader will be able to take honest and right decisions. He will also try to protect his/her team members and organization.

·      Trust the team: A good leader always trusts his/her team which creates positive environment and helps to inspire them for better performance.

·      Ability to delegate work: A good leader will be able to hand over work to appropriate department or persons instead of letting work file pile up on his/her desk.

·      A good communicator: He/she will be able to let the team know the task each of the team member is supposed to perform. He/she will also be able to listen his/her team members and understand their needs.

·      Confidence: A good leader has a strong confidence on himself/herself as well as on his/her team. Even during bad times he/she will affirm confidence in the team.

·      Positive attitude: His/her positive attitude will inspire the team and help to keep moral of the team up.

·      Lead by example: He/she sets standards for the team to follow. He will always be punctual in each and every task.

·      Humour Sense: A leader with good sense of humour will help the team to see the bad times through and help to wipe away all tensions and negativity.

 

To become the leader of your team, you need to ensure that you seize the opportunity to take the initiative.

You have to be active in your team meetings.

You need to put extra effort in performing the task and to help your colleagues.

You should be able to resolve problems.

Proper body language such as maintaining eye contact, genuine smile, and open body posture, etc also help to project your leadership skills.

A good leader is always clear and assertive in his/her speech.

 

Leadership is one's ability to guide people and make them work to achieve a desired goal.

A leader ensures that the task is completed in a stipulated time and all desired outcomes are achieved.

Leadership is an important quality that helps you as well as others to grow in the organization.

The leader takes full responsibility for the actions of the team and ensures that it gets all support and resources required to complete the task.

The leader also assumes accountability for team failures and takes full ownership of it without blaming anybody from the team.