Many people consider leadership to be an essentially work-based characteristic. However, leadership roles are all around us and not just in work environments.
Ideally, leaders become leaders because they have credibility, and because people want to follow them. Using this definition, it becomes clear that leadership skills can be applied to any situation where you are required to take the lead, professionally, socially, and at home in family settings. Examples of situations where leadership might be called for, but which you might not immediately associate with that, include:
In other words, leaders are not always appointed, and leadership skills may be needed in many circumstances.
Leadership skills are skills you use when organizing other people to reach a shared goal. Whether you’re in a management position or leading a project, leadership skills require you to motivate others to complete a series of tasks, often according to a schedule. Leadership is not just one skill but rather a combination of several different skills working together. Some examples of skills that make a strong leader include: Patience, Empathy, Active listening, Reliability, Integrity, Honesty, Trustworthiness, Decisiveness, Creating vision, Perseverance, Creativity, Effective feedback and communication, Team building, Flexibility, Risk-taking, Ability to learn, Ability to teach, coach and mentor.
A leader can be defined simply as ‘a person who leads or commands a group, organisation or country’. This definition is broad and could include both formal and informal roles – that is, both appointed leaders and those who emerge spontaneously in response to events or crisis.
When you are honest, you speak the truth. More broadly, you present yourself in a genuine and sincere way, without pretence, and taking responsibility for your feelings and actions. Working together with you colle...
Trust in any organization including voluntary organization works on three levels: At a company level in terms of culture At a team level concerning the relationships among the members At an interpersonal le...
Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principals. Integrity gives people credibility with those around them. Having integrity means following your moral conscious and being true to yourself...
Decisiveness is a trait or characteristic that describes people who are biased towards action even though they face uncertainty. The speed and determination of solving a problem I one of decisiveness as personality t...
Leaders are required to wear many hats: to be creative, ambitious, kind, understanding, and motivational – all at once. However, the most important trait of a leader (or of a successful person in any profession...
To lead effectively, it is essential to have followers. A key part of obtaining followers is creating and communicating a compelling vision that means that others want to follow where you lead. If we look at some of...
“A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.” ‐ Dalai Lama While transparency is closely related to honesty, there is a major distinction: A leader’s honesty rests...
Influencing skills are the ability to bring people round to your way of thinking about a certain topic, without force or coercion whilst acknowledging their opinions. Some people seem to be able to do it effortles...
Most people associate learning with formal education at school, college, university. Generally speaking, it is true that a formal education and the resulting qualifications are important. But knowledge can be acquire...
Rapport is an easy, quick, and simple process. Have you ever noticed what it's like when two people get along perfectly? When can they find common ground and every word that is said makes sense while you understa...
‘Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them.’ – Sir John Whitmore Coaching is a key way to motivatin...
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