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
