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Leadership Attributes Personal Qualities that Constitute Effective Leadership |
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By: Vadim Kotelnikov
Founder, Ten3 Business e-Coach – Inspiration and Innovation Unlimited
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"People buy into the leader before they buy into the vision." – John C. Maxwell |
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Three Categories of Leadership Attributes The ARE-KNOW-DO Model
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Inner Habits, Qualities and Traits of True Leaders
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Leaders Attributes Defined Leadership attributes are the inner or personal qualities that constitute effective leadership. These attributes include a large array of characteristics such as values, character, motives, habits, traits, competencies, motives, style, behaviors, and skills. Key Elements Most of the leadership attributes cluster into four overarching categories of what you need to be, know, and do:
Integrity While leadership is always important to corporate performance, there is a growing realization that effective leaders with integrity are absolutely crucial to successfully navigating the New Economy of the 21st Century. In addition there is also a growing realization that the characteristics of the Leader of the 21st century are dramatically different than the leader of the past, even the recent past... More By: Lao Tzu The leader is best,... When his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
The people say, 'We did it ourselves.'...
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Empathy
is valued currency. It
allows us to create bonds of
trust, it gives us insights into what others may be feeling
or thinking;
it helps us understand how or why others are
reacting to situations, it sharpens our “people acumen” and
informs our decisions. Empathy is also particularly critical to
leadership development in this age of young, independent,
highly marketable and mobile workers...
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Leaders:
Pursue opportunities.
Managers:
Reduce risks.
Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence" refers to your capacity to recognize your own feelings and those of others, for motivating yourself, and for managing emotions well in yourself and in your relationships. Research4 show that 67% of the essential competencies required for effective leadership today are emotional competencies. Emotionally intelligent leaders are more likely to achieve results and are effective in dealing with the complexity involved in leading change and organizational transformation. These leaders excel at building relationships that result in a fast-moving, adaptive and resonant organizational cultures... More Building Organizational Capability
You must build not only individual commitment but also organizational capability. Organizational capability refers to the processes, practices, and activities that create value for the organization.3 You need the ability to translate organizational direction into roadmaps, vision into action, and purpose into process. To do so, you must demonstrate at least five abilities: to build your organizational infrastructure; to leverage diversity; to deploy teams; to design human resource systems; and to make change happen.
Pitfalls of the Leadership Attributes Model Though leadership attributes models, in particular the ARE-DO-KNOW approach, received enormous attention in the past, they have a number of pitfalls. In particular, they reduce leadership improvement to development of leader's attributes only. Results are not emphasized.
"Leaders exhibiting attributes without results have ideas
without substance. They teach what they have not learned. They can talk a
good scenario and even act on sound general principles, but they fail to
deliver. These means – attributes – have become their end. Often popular
because of their charm or charisma, they are not long remembered because
their leadership depended more on who they are and how they behave than on
what they accomplish."1...
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Selecting a New Corporate Leader: 3
Questions to Answer
Lessons from Peter Drucker
... Third: Look for
integrity. A leader sets an example, especially a
strong
leader. He or she is someone on whom people – especially
younger people – in the organization model themselves...
More Results-based leadership has relentless emphasis on results. It's simple equation: Effective leadership = attributes × results. "This equation suggests that leaders must strive for excellence in both terms: that is, they must both demonstrate attributes and achieve results. Each term of the equation multiplies each other; they are not cumulative."1... More
Inner Habits, Qualities and Traits of True Leaders... Leadership Styles... Learning to Lead... Positioning of a Leader... Inspiring People... Energizing Employees... Leader as Servant... Integrity - the New Leadership Story... Results-based Model... Building Organizational Capability... Creative Leadership... Emotional Task of the Leader... The Four E's of Leadership... Leading by Example... Four Competency Areas of Emotional Intelligence... Gardner’s Leadership Attributes... 18 Lessons for Leaders by Colin Powell... Case in Point GE Leadership Effectiveness Survey...
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Leadership Top Management
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