Leadership List of Attributes
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Leaders possess healthy self- esteem, and thus the natural tendency to grow it in others, which is the source of their power influence with people! |
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Leaders are service orientated! They have their ego in check! |
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Leaders are people of honorable character as this is the source of their trustworthiness. |
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Leaders are primarily positive … they are fundamentally optimistic and tend to perceive and focus on the positives in situations and the strengths in others. |
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Leaders are future focused! They take a “long term favorable future view” and realize that the best way to predict the future is to create it. |
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Leaders make things happen! Leaders are proactive; they act on things as opposed to being acted upon! They take initiative! They focus their time and energy on things they can control. |
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Leaders see and understand the big picture and effectively define context so that people feel their contributions are significant! |
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Leaders are excellent listeners! |
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Leaders are first to accept responsibility when things go wrong and they are the first to give away credit when things go right! |
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Leaders are highly teachable; they welcome feedback because they are always focused on learning! |
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Leaders admit to their mistakes or when they are wrong! |
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Leaders are straight-talkers. They are open, honest and effective communicators, with no hidden agendas. |
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Leaders focus on solving the root cause of problems rather then allocating blame and trying to pin it on someone. |
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Leaders grow people by naturally expecting the best from them, giving them freedom to decide and demonstrating the courage to hold people accountable! |