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A paper on being a good leader

A paper on being a good leader

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BEING A GOOD LEADER

How can one be a good leader? Do leaders exhibit traits that other people who are not

readers do not have? These are some of the questions people ask themselves. Therefore before

listing the steps of being a good leader first of all one has to understand what leadership is or

who is a leader? Leadership may be defined as the act of an organizing certain people in order to

achieve a common goal while a leader may be defined only as that person whom people follow

or in other words someone that guides and directs others.

How do we describe strong leaders? Some qualities for example adaptability, time

conscientiousness, intelligence and responsibility, are among the most important. Research

shows that transformational leaders- leaders, who give morale, enhance motivation and

performance through a system of laid rules and regulations- are better leader. This makes them

be more valued by followers, and they also have high quality performing teams.

Transformational leaders are usually described as passionate, focused, energetic, enthusiastic and

genuine. They are also not concerned on how to help the group achieve its goals; they do care on

helping each group member to achieve his or her full capabilities.

I honestly believe that an individual cannot underestimate the power of great leadership

because it is from great leadership that impossible seems to be possible. So how can a person

learn to embrace the characteristics of being a better leader? Below are some of the traits and

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tips on how to be a good leader and visualize on ways that can be used to be implement them in

your life.

Leading by example

In the modern world “do as I say, not as I do” is not applicable. What individuals expect

from people leading them is what they can do to others. If the team an individual is leading

makes a mistake, whoever was leading should be accountable for what has happened before

shifting the mistake to someone else. If a leader wants people to be on time then he or she also

need to be on time before anybody else, thus serve as a role model.

Learn to encourage creativity

As a leader encourage your followers to express their creativity. Your leadership should

offer a new set of challenges that will help your followers achieve their goals. A simple way of

improving creativity is offering challenges to your followers to ensure that the goals achievable.

The purpose of this step is to make followers to stretch to the edge of their limits.

Learn to listen and do effective communication.

A good leader should be able to focus in providing face to face communication to his or

her followers. You should be able to express honesty and sincere care to them both verbal and

non verbal. Be open minded to ensure that your followers feel free to make contributions and

thus receive appreciation for their achievements.

Be positive minded

It is good to be optimistic as this serves as a good inspiration to the followers. Do not

seem to be discouraged since your followers might be uninspired. Even if the situation is not

okay stay positive so as your followers may not be disheartened. Thus maintain a good sense of

optimism in your face.

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Name Tutor Institution Course Date BEING A GOOD LEADER How can one be a good leader? Do leaders exhibit traits that other people who are not readers do not have? These are some of the questions people ask themselves. Therefore before listing the steps of being a good leader first of all one has to understand what leadership is or who is a leader? Leadership may be defined as the act of an organizing certain people in order to achieve a common goal while a leader may be defined only as that person whom people follow or in other words someone that guides and directs others. How do we describe strong leaders? Some qualities for example adaptability, time conscientiousness, intelligence and responsibility, are among the most important. Research shows that transformational leaders- leaders, who give morale, enhance motivation and performance through a system of laid rules and regulations- are ...
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