A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better. Jim Rohn
I have been seriously thinking about what a leader does and it has come to my attention there are five traits that are essential for any leader to lead and I will touch upon each and every one of these!
“A Leader leads by example!”
This one really talks about what each leader should do. In my current working environment, we see people who are getting away with murder and this creates an environment that we don’t have to listen to the person who is in lead. It is simply the fact that if they say one thing and then does something totally different with another person than why should we listen to the complaining.
Expecting Expectations!
If you don’t expect someone to give you some kind of expectations than you aren’t working. Each place I have worked for and worked at their are defined expectations of what is required and what is needed. I have seen this from other places but as of late, it has been quite difficult to understand or even grasp with my current working environment due to leadership. If only leaders would be more proactive and try to convey all their expectations clearly and want you to succeed everyday your at work then it would make for an even better day!
Encouraging feedback!
whether your the lowest person on the totem pole or the boss in a company you are constantly looking to be encouraged and defined by your peers. So we all want some kind of encouragement and even feedback on how we are doing in the day to day grind. Nothing says your a leader until you learn that you didn’t get where you are without the people who you lead to great success, no matter how low they are in the scale. if only leaders would do this more often you would see how success comes in waves to everyone involve!
Get your Hands dirty!
This is also seems to be getting away from leaders they have not done some of these jobs that they claim they have in the past and have forgotten the small guy. If you really want to make a difference in today’s economy, you should stop what you doing and do a job one of your employees are doing just so you can remember just how hard they are working and thus you can give them so great encouragement and feedback on what they are doing everyday of their lives.
These are just four of the many traits any leader should use to become even better at their job and to make their job and others a success by understanding their employees and what they do.
