Leadership With Attitude (Part 2)

This is the second part of the “Leadership with Attitude” post.

In the last post, we listed four important attitudes that a leader must adopt to be credible and successful. I will try to complete the list in today’s post. You must realize that this list could go on for a very long time. I’m just trying to capture the essence of what it takes to be a good leader.

So, let’s continue this list.

Organization
The leader must demonstrate his leadership by being the instigator of actions. He must view the path that will lead to success and guide his followers all along. He must act like a conductor and direct every action that his group takes. This is not to say that a leader will not let his people take initiatives but he will guide these initiatives and ensures that they are going in the right direction.

Communication
A leader MUST communicate! How can you direct a team of people if you cannot communicate adequately? This is just impossible! Your followers must know what you have in mind. They must understand the path that you want to take. It is your job to communicate your vision properly so that your people will not just understand where you want to go, they will embrace the vision and care for it!

Involving
A good leader will ensure that everyone who needs to be involved is involved. He will listen to people; he will give everyone a voice. He will make sure that everyone has a good reason to follow his vision.

Humility
A good leader is humble. He leaves his ego at the door. His success is always the team’s success. He is able to see and accept when someone else has a better idea and embraces it! He is not afraid to acknowledge his mistakes.

This concludes the list. All these attitudes compose what I would call the leader’s presence. The attitude that a leader adopts is what will make him unique and recognized as a leader (or not :-).

Reviewing this list, you can see that to become a good leader you must work on yourself. There are some techniques that you can learn (how to conduct a meeting, how to speak in public, etc). However, real good leaders have great, rich, and profound personalities. This is tougher to develop than techniques but it is essential to becoming a true leader!

So, do you think there is more to it than what I put in the list? Have I gone too far? Comments are welcome as usual!