What makes a great Leader?When workers are asked about the behaviours that separate the best leaders from the worst leaders, their answers are remarkably similar. The best leaders are:
- Passionate about their work.
- Believe in and encourage other’s efforts.
- Set clear expectations.
- Give their people "stretch" assignments.
- Provide guidance but do not micromanage.
- Encourage learning from mistakes.
- Create the environment for their team to be successful
The worst leaders:
- Give conflicting or unclear goals.
- Manipulate others.
- Berate their people, sometimes in public.
- Are poor listeners.
- Make bad decisions.
- Do not wield enough influence to help get work done.
- Are too political.
Research confirms that the most effective leaders have better than average emotional intelligence (EI) and also have a high level of executive presence. In particular they develop three important competencies considered by many experts to form the basis of EI being: