What LEADERSHIP CHARACTeristics Do You Need to be successful?
In your career, you may find yourself responsible for leading and managing other people. There are a number of leadership characteristics and traits that are worthy of attention and development to ensure the best possible relationships with everyone.
Paying attention to some key focal areas allows people to channel their positive energy and in the process attract and influence others.
Creating a plan or a goal list with ways to enhance character building and be better able to lead others as a true example.
Think about these leadership characteristics, and the behaviors that support/reinforce them.
People Focused
The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.
– Thomas Jefferson
Positive
Positive leaders empower people to accomplish their goals.
– Unknown
Enthusiastic
When a person applies enthusiasm to his job, the job will itself become alive with exciting new possibilities.
– Norman Vincent Peale
Respectful
Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners.
– Laurence Sterne
Environmentally Aware
The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.
-Henry Miller
Always Be Prepared
Knowledge is power.
– William Alexander, Earl of Stirling
Flexible
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
– Everett Dirksen
Clear & Understandable
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Other Resources:
21 Qualities of Remarkable Leadership
What are the Characteristics of a Great Leader
Leadership vs Management Characteristics
Rich Atkins is the Managing Director of Improving Communications, a New York-based corporate training firm that, in addition to Speaker Services, offers Business Writing, Public Speaking & Presentation Skills, Sales and Negotiation, Customer Service, Leadership, Staff Development, and Human Resources training. He is also the Director of Improving Communications UK and Improving Communications IE.