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Core personal skills  & qualities of a leader

Good communication skills

• Ability to expresses oneself effectively
• Ability to communicate in a way that encourages involvement.
• Ability to listen
• Ability to express ideas clearly in writing
• Ability to understand and interpret ideas clearly – received in both verbally and in writing

Good teamwork skills

• Has a good interpersonal style to steer team members
• Delegates decision making and responsibilities to appropriate individuals.
• Efficient use of resources
• Have influence to motivate team members to achieve beyond goals

Innovative and Creative Problem Solving skills

• Identifies and collects information relevant to the problem.
• Uses brainstorming techniques to create a variety of choices.
• Selects the best course of action by identifying all the alternatives and then makes a logical assumption.

Key Interpersonal Skills

• Treats others with respect
• Is considerate of the needs of others
• Values and encourages contributions of others

Ability to Manage Client Relationships

• Develops good relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Uses feedback of customers and implements action to improve and deliver quality services/products

Self Motivation and Direction

• Creates and initiates goals, timelines, deliverables, and budgets without support
• Is self-motivated
• Leads teams to achieve goals within deadlines

Adaptability and Flexibility

• Understanding of the necessity to change
• Challenges established norms
• Ability to make hard decisions
• Ability to cope in stressful situations

Always Professional

• Sets examples to others
• Keeps up to date with developments in the field

Financial

• Makes good economic use of resources
• Looks for methods to improve processes

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Resource: Assertiveness in Leadership

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