Wherever you are, leaders are important, whether it’s leading powerful organizations or just to make sure a group of friends is having a good time here are the seven traits that all outstanding leaders possess.
They radiate positive energy.
There is nothing more important in a team than passion and the will to succeed and having a positive leader is an important part of that. Sometimes I sign on to Facebook, and I see these status updates that just reeks of negativity.
These people are not outstanding leaders and, more often than not, they are unsuccessful. Either great leaders radiate positive energy. Not only does that make them more likable, leading to more trust.
It also boosts the teams. Morale and countless studies have shown a positive relationship between team morale and productivity.
Leaders Are Proactive -The End Result of Focus
They have a proactive attitude when something goes wrong. It’s easy to blame someone else or to find out why it happened immediately. The great leaders put that aside, they shift their focus entirely on solving the problem.
I used to be in charge of the takeout service at the restaurant I worked at, so people would call to make their order and my job is to make sure everything is packed and given to the right person.
It was a busy restaurant, so mistakes weren’t that uncommon this one time after a customer came to pick up his food. I realized that we forgot to pack part of his order. I was fairly new at the time and I didn’t know what to do, but luckily one of the owners of the restaurant was there.
So I explained to him what happened, he didn’t blame me. He didn’t even ask how it happened. Instead, he told me to call the customer, apologize for what happened and then tell him we will personally deliver the missing part of his order to his house.
At the end of the day, the owner sat down with me to talk about how we can prevent something like this from happening again, but he did it at the end of the day. Not when the problem was still unresolved. Great leaders know what to focus on at any given point in time. They are proactive
Leaders delegate tasks completely -Trust Your Team -Delegate
Great leaders realized that they can’t do everything themselves, so they focus on the most difficult tasks and delegate the rest to others.
Let’s say you make more than $30 an hour. Yet every week you still spend several hours cleaning your house and doing the laundry, considering a maid costs around $30 an hour. You might decide it’s worthwhile to hire one to do your housework for you.
When I first started delegating my work to others. I was hesitant because I knew that I could probably do a better job than the person I’m. Assigning it too, for example, a maid might put your clothes in the wrong drawer every once in a while, but still, hire her because the extra time you get to work on more valuable tasks outweighs the negatives.
Delegating also means fully trusting your team to do the task without micromanaging their every move, great leaders delegate tasks to others and trust them to get the job done.
Leaders are approachable.
A great leader is one who their teammates could see themselves approaching whenever they have a concern when they need someone to discuss things. When Sam Walton opened over a dozen Walmart stores, he was still available to privately talk to anyone of his thousands of employees.
Was this a reason Sam Bowen was so successful? We can’t say for sure, but he is a prime example of someone who’s approachable and it’s. So happens he’s. Also, one of the most notable leaders in the last three decades.
There is a saying that’s very appropriate in this situation, and that is a non-productive work. The environment is one where employees are discouraged to speak up, fearing the loss of their jobs. Great leaders encourage feedback from all members of the organization. They are approachable.
Leaders do what they expect of others.
If you expect your team to work hard and produce great results, you’re going to have to do the same. When I was a kid I worked at Wendy’s, the fast-food restaurant there were two managers there, Maria and Frances Maria was very good at telling us what to do, but she would always be in her office talking on the phone with her Boyfriend we listened to her, but none of us respected her, and that is because she doesn’t place.
The same expectations for herself as she does for us. Frances, on the other hand, was different. He didn’t have a lot of leadership traits. In fact, he even had trouble telling us what to do, but the one thing he did have been he pulled his own weight when it was busy. He would grab the spatula and start flipping burgers alongside us.
As a result, he gained the respect of everyone whenever he was our manager. We worked hard because we wanted to, for Francis, a great leader sets an example and, as a result, gains the respect of his or her entire team.
Leaders are accountable.
Your team’s. Mistakes are your mistakes because you are their leader. Remember the restaurant example when we left out part of the customers order the owner and I personally went to deliver what we missed.
Imagine the owner of a restaurant coming to your doorstep to apologize for their mistake. That is unheard of, and yet that is exactly the level of accountability. Prominent leaders practice all the time it’s, not just about responsibility.
Is All About The Next Step
It’s about taking the next step to make things right. Influential leaders are accountable and, lastly, they are decisive a lot of times. Leaders have to make decisions they are not sure of, but once they have enough evidence to suggest making that decision.
They stick with it, and they do it with confidence. Imagine that you are the commander of an army, and you have to decide whether to enter the enemy territory from the north or from the west.
There’s, no information which one makes more sense, but you will still have to choose because, without you, their leader, half of your army might invade from the north and half from the West, and some might even call it quits And retreat, therefore, your job as a leader isn’t to always make the right decision, but it’s deciding in order to keep the team together.
Final Thoughts
Wrong decisions could be fixed, but a scattered team is a recipe for disaster. Outstanding leaders are decisive and confident in their decisions. I hope these tips help you become a better leader and, as always, I hope you enjoyed it.
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