Top qualities that all great leaders have in common.

Many people dream to be leaders for a lot of many different reasons, some of them wants to be a top position to feel powerful, to be phrased and listen to. Others want to feel important, others want to achieve high goals but they would never be able to achieve by themselves.

The thing is you don't have to be at the top of an organization or a community to be a leader. Leadership is all about performance and less about position. Even though there are many fields where you can lead. The skill required to be a good leader are all same.

All good leaders have in common is passion, teamwork and good communication skills. Of course there are many other skills that make up a great leader but they all revolve around these three.

You need a goal that you truly believe in, you need the best team and you need to know how to manage that team in order to achieve that goal. Lets see the main reasons

Passion

Most leaders are very passionate about what they do. A leader doesn't command you can't possibly persuade people into doing something that you want them to do unless you inspire them to see things the way that you see them and you get them to believe in the same goals that you do.

The best way to do that is being passionate about your field and vision. Sometimes things get tough along the road but the drive to do something that you're really into can help you overcome the blocks and actually achieve your goals.

 

Also passion extends to building a team of professionals. Any leader wants an elite team, made of reliable people who don't settle for mediocrity. It's about constant learning and improving oneself and the team as a whole.

Teamwork

Leadership implies having a team by your side and each person from your team has particular strengths and weaknesses including yourself as a leader.

A good leader doesn't try to do everything by themselves. Why would you need a lead if you're a one-man show ? But instead they rely on strengths that are different from their own.

The more qualified people you have in your team the more diverse their strong points are. This means the more that you can achieve on the long run and knowing how to manage people's strengths to reach higher goals as one of the best qualities of a leader

Also getting everyone to see the big picture and work together for a common goal is the second trait of a leader

 

Good Social and Communication Skills

 

A good leader is by definition a good motivator. He stands by his team for better and for worse and knows how to motivate people instead of just bossing them around

He knows how to approach people on how to make them feel actually valued. The ability to skillfully relate to is well that you learn with time but it's a very valuable asset and skill when dealing with teams

 I want to say so far I've been using the pronoun he to describe a great leader but sex and gender really don't matter.

I'm doing it because I'm trying to get these qualities within myself and by talking about them like they're already my traits, its psychologically gets me closer to becoming a better leader

Great leadership is positive and professional and it's all about inspiring people towards a common goal and this can be learned with a few simple tricks I'm gonna go on to those now

If you want to be a leader you're gonna have to cut down a lot of your own ego and learn how to be humble and professional. There are no perfect leaders

You shouldn't strive for perfection instead focus on constant improvement. You want people to see you as a role model as someone they can rely on not as just say simply tyrant.

So, your main concern should be motivating your team anyway possible and making them want to work for your goals and feeling that goal is their own goal instead of bossing them around. If they are successful. You will automatically be successful.

You want to have them by your side instead of forcing them to do stuff that they don't actually believe in for that you can do several things : give them credit for the work also acknowledge their efforts and reward them when they succeed.

Another big thing is admitting when you made a mistake instead of denying it or passing the responsibility on to someone else which is usually easier.

If you can admit and correct your own mistakes you will gain a lot of trust and respect from your team and that will motivate them even more to help you.

Everyone has their flaws and accepting them and working around them is better than denying them all together. Build on your strengths, work around your weaknesses and let people who are better than you in certain areas do the work for those certain areas.

If you show them trust they will amaze you. This is where humility is required though because it will go a very long way, encourage people to talk and listen actively.

When listening to someone make sure you've completely understood what they want to say by repeating their idea in their own words. This will make them feel heard and reinforced.

It'll also make them feel like you're truly listening and respect what you have to say.  

So be genuinely interested and make them feel important. Set a high bar for your team and believe that they will actually succeed .One of the greatest motivators is knowing that someone believes in you and the fear of disappointing them. If you show your team trust they will do everything they can to meet your expectations.

Another tip is to be positive. You're not gonna be very motivational if you point out everyone's flaws and nothing is ever good enough. Instead try to find the best and each person from your team, find their strengths and assign them tasks that they can do the best.

This will boost your efficiency and also minimize frustration among your team. If people are handed a task that they can manage and they feel comfortable doing there's a higher chance that they will complete that task successfully without many issues.

So, try to accentuate everyone's positive side and use mistakes as opportunities to improve.

Also praise any improvement that you see because this makes people feel validated and will make them try even harder to make sure that they receive the praise again.

This technique is called positive reinforcement .

Always accentuate the positive, this will make your team feel safe and supportive which will boost their trust and loyalty. It's also very important that you reward improvement. 

Professional

Professionalism doesn't extend only to technical skills or knowledge, but it also refers to having a set of strengths and values and sticking well to them whether that be honesty, reliability, good energy and ability to find effective solutions to problems.

Honesty is one of the most important as anyone wants to know what to expect from someone else especially their boss. If you were honest with the facts and data, people know exactly what the situation is and can work effectively straight on the goal or problem.

But it's better to under promise and over achieve than to over promise and stretch your team to their limits in order to achieve the impossible.

You must know what you can and can't do and say no, if something isn't right. Be professional about it though and the last but not least never stop learning, Great leaders never stop learning.

If you don't have all of the above skills or qualities don't worry there is no perfect leader but the best leaders are the ones who are constantly seeking to give their best and improve little by little.

Each day basically leading by example almost anything can be learned and all you need to do is be consistent about it. You want to push yourself and others to go beyond their comfort zone and develop themselves more so that you get better each and every day.

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