- laborer
- waiter
- operator
- customer service rep
- technician
- supervisor
- teacher
- instructor
- course writer
- professor
- dean
- director of education
- president
- owner
- vice president
- CEO
- consultant
- director
- manager
- executive director
I have come to the realization that a good leader (regardless of the title or position) must possess the following characteristics, skills, and abilities:
- a good communicator (written, verbal, presentation)
- must have the ability to lie as well as tell the truth
- must be at least 6 feet tall and not overweight or obese (attractiveness is optional but desireable)
- must be good with numbers, forecasts, and projections
- must be willing to take risks
- must be willing to empower people
- must be willing to hire direct reports that are just as capable
- must be willing to take responsibility for failures and successes
- must have the desire to learn and a keen ability to retain
- must be willing to remove obstacles so that all employees can do their jobs to the best of their abillities
- must hire employees with a pre-determined but desireable mindset
- must be willing to pay for performance
- must have a well-defined career path for employees
- MUST BE ABLE TO CREATE THE VISION for the company and EXECUTE THE VISION
- must be a proponent of continuous improvement
- must be patient and tolerate and be able to teach
- must be able to manage stress, work, and home life simultaneously
- must be able to know when to say NO and not just say NO arbitrarily
- must be kind and generous with praise and gratitute
- must be willing to stand up to the stockholders if their wishes go against the company in the long term
- must understand the psychology of work in order to motivate
- must understand that true motivation comes from creating the environment that allows people to motivate themselves
- must be clean cut and well dressed but not always a suit and tie
- must have the ability to play chess as well as 3 dimensional chess
- must understand the competition or trust someone who understands the competition
While this list may be somewhat incomplete, it still provides the basic framework for a leader, whether this leader works in education, government, military, religion, manufacturing, service, hospitality, athletics, or entertainment.
Let me say that not all positions automatically create leaders... Joe Biden is the President of the United States and he is very far away from being a leader... Joe Biden, not only just does what the party wants him to do and not what is in the best interest of the country, but he blames others for the failures of his decisions.
Joe Biden is a politician not a LEADER...
You don't have to be in a powerful position to be a leader.
No comments:
Post a Comment