Leadership Post Assessment
What qualities do leaders portray and possess?
Valiancy
Pellucidity/Clarity
Engagement
Vision
Positivity
Resilience
Communication
Empathy
Accountability
Accountability is accepting responsibility for your actions and being willing to be answerable to the outcomes of our choices, decisions, and actions. Accountability equates to living in integrity — being consistent in thoughts, words, and actions. When done right, accountability can increase your team members' skills and confidence.
Resilient leaders have the ability to sustain their energy level under pressure, to cope with disruptive changes and adapt.
Possessing a vision means keeping in mind the "big picture" and all the parts that make it up. A vision also assists them to enhearten individuals towards goals that benefit the entire group. Great leaders are able to see beyond what's possible today and look toward what is possible for influencing a better tommorow.
Employee engagement is the extent to which employees feel passionate about their jobs, are committed to the organization, and put discretionary effort into their work.
Valiant leaders lead with principles that guide them when pressure mounts. They don't shirk bold actions because they fear failure. The courage of confidence in others, means letting go of the need to control situations or outcomes, having faith in people and being open to direction and change.
Commitment
Communication enables leaders, to apportion what they have and what they expect from others. Good communication skills help to develop better understandings and notions among people inspire them to follow the principles and values which their leader wants to inculcate in them. Listening helps leaders to know about their teams needs to create a successful strategy. The raw truth is needed to make well-informed decisions and steer the organization in the right direction.
Commitment is a leadership quality that inspires and attracts people. It shows that the leader has convictions and that the leader believes in the cause. If a whole group acts with determination and commitment, great numbers of people will really pay attention.
What is the purpose of efficacious leaders, what do they do/what are their roles?
What do prosperous leaders truly believe?
What are some leadership goals?
Decisiveness
Making decisions that are well-informed and time-sensitive is a crucial part of being a successful leader. Decisive leaders seek out the appropriate information they need to make good decisions. Generally, very few people know what they want, much less how to get there, so they will gravitate towards those who appear to have a clear picture in mind- good decision making leads to great and quick achievement.
What are some examples of good & bad leaders?
How do successful leaders think?
What are some things to keep in mind and strategies leaders use for communication?
What do all good leaders have in common?
Passion
Passion elevates productivity and ensures team commitment to the leader's vision. Passion eventually leads to mastery and success, in large part because leaders are always thinking and working on the thing you are passionate about. Being passionate means loving what you do, have strong emotions reflecting an intense desire or boundless enthusiasm, of an activity.
Which values do leaders refuse to tolerate, and what are some values that leaders will not compromise?
What should leaders not do?
Leaders need to be pellucid and concise at all times. There should be no question of their vision and what needs to be accomplished. This allows others the opportunity to digest their goals and decide whether or not they will support their cause. Lack of personal pellucidity begins with a lack of clearly defined goals both short term and long term. Good clarity leads to great achievement.
Great leaders are always positive because they know that it helps them, and their teams, be more productive and reach their goals. Positive leadership involves experiencing, modeling, and purposefully enhancing positive emotions. Leaders will also want to excel by adopting a positive attitude. A positive attitude is important because your attitude will determine your
Leaders aim to:
Help themselves and others to do the right things
They set a direction for their team
Build an inspiring vision for the future
Create something new.
Motivate and inspire others
The purpose of effective leaders:
Leaders inspire others to look up to them by telling the truth, being in integrity with what they promise, and living honestly and earnestly.
They hold themselves and all others accountable for performance and values expectations.
They demand cooperative
They validate efforts.
They listen and learn
Effective leadership drives diverse people together. It assists them to find a common work so that they can achieve purposeful common goals. Effective Leadership inspires and empowers people to realize their fullest potential and harness their potentials to achieve common goals.
Good leaders possess discipline and inspire others to follow the same path. Some of the skills and qualities that they portray are highly crucial in our day to day life. Our futures and successes depend on how we invest our money and time daily, and to invest wisely, we need those leadership skills.
Successful leaders believe that/in...
Purpose- They believe they’re here for a reason
Future visions- they’re responsible for creating a better tomorrow, and they believe they can do it.
People- all people are created equal and that each person is unique and special.
Serving- believe in serving others, especially those on their teams.
Their team- they understand that the best teams build the best cultures, retain the best talent, and achieve the best results.
Change is growth- Inevitable change comes from the ability to embrace new ideas and new ways of working and cooperating.
Motivation coming from vision- Leaders believe in showing their team a better future and how they can be an vital part of it.
A few things that all great leaders have in common is that they (are/have)...
Possess high levels of self-control. Emotionally intelligent, patient, and calm
Seekers of truth
Place courage over fear
Empathy towards self and others
Self-aware
The ability to stand up for what is right
The ultimate goal of leadership is to bring out the best in people through respect and care, and continual support for their success. Leaders do this by...
Developing personal responsibility and self-discipline
Learning how to fail with purpose and new conceptions
Practicing carful and active listening skills
Building resilience
Earning the loyalty and allegiance of those they are hoping to lead.
Identifying and fostering their leadership in others
Always seeking and imagining the bigger picture
By studying and scrutinizing other great leaders — those who lead by example, who inspire trust and loyalty through their integrity, who remain humble and open-minded, and who can make difficult decisions for the greater good — we can learn to strengthen our leadership skills and become more effective in our roles as any kind of leaders, and visionaries.
Some deeds that you should NOT undertake as a leader are...
Lead Others Before You Lead Yourself.
Believe You Know Everything.
Forget to Prioritize Spiritual, Mental and Physical Health.
Avoid Showing Gratitude.
Fail to Support Others.
Hold onto Anger or Resentment.
click to edit
And lastly, If leaders believe their job is to show people how to lead by example, then it is crucial to be authentic and true to who you are. An empathetic leader is additionally vulnerable and inclined to be themselves.
Secondly, if leaders believe their role is to help people to realize their own goals by overcoming arduous obstacles, then it is vital to fortify them emotionally. An empathetic leader energizes people.
Firstly, if a leader believes their purpose is to inspire others, it is consequential to understand what incentivizes and moves them. An empathetic leader understands people.
Some qualities that leaders should NOT have/be are...
Opinionated
Cruel
Stubborn
Selfish
Egotistical
Unintelligent
Unaccountable
Lack of adaptability
Their ky beief is that together, they can do great things.
Some signs of a bad leader are...
Lack of empathy
Fear of change
Too willing to compromise
Too bossy
Judgemental
Poor judge of character
Out of balance
Lack of humility
Some values that leaders will not tolerate in themsleves and in their team members are...
Discouragement
Hostility
Disinterest
Insolence
Unsafe working environments and safety violations
Lying
Negligence
Negative behavior and motives
Types of disruptive or disrespectful behavior
Some values that leaders will refuse to compromise are...
Their standards of integrity
Their self and team respecct
Their legacy
Their self-discipline
Their core beliefs
Accountability
Commitment
Honesty
Loyalty
Some ways that a leader's thinking differentiates from a regular person's are...
Instead of thinking of themselves, they include and put others first
Instead of dwelling on issues, they fixate on solutions
Instead of advancing their individual success, they work toward building a successful team.
Instead of making things complicated, they simplify.
Where others think small, they think big.
Where others become distracted, they stay focused.
Instead of thinking, "Let's just get this done," they ask themselves, "How can I get this done with excellence?"
Where others wish they had more acknowledgment, successful leaders work to appreciate others more.
Examples of inadequate leaders:
Donald Trump- stubborn & opinionated: He uses a “constant repetition of divisive phrases, harsh words, and violent imagery that American presidents rarely use.”
Adolf Hitler- Cruel & selfish
Thaksin Shinawatra- egotistical & unintelligent
Kim jong-un- not accountable & lack of adaptability
Examples of great leaders:
Fidel Castro: His vision, courage and strategic analytic reasoning has gotten Cuba where it stands today.
Martin Luther King Jr.: Courage, perseverance and the will to fight for whats right till the very end made him a great leader.
Nelson Mandela: He came out as a hero and led the country into a free, equal future. His determination, focus and will-power were tremendous
Mahatma Gandhi: Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader because he was fearless, selfless and persistent.
In order to be successful listeners, leaders make sure that they use these simple regulations:
Show that they care. Employees want to be led by those who genuinely care about who they are and what they represent to the team and organization at-large.
I engaged myself. When they share their opinions, ask questions, and encourage them to elaborate and expand upon their perspectives.
They don't judge others. Too many times leaders make harsh criticisms about those with a different style or approach. Instead of judging someone, they could be learning from them.
They try to be expansively mindful. Great leaders are extremely mindful of their surroundings. They intentionally acknowledge others using their body language, facial expressions, and nods. These types of leaders possess a great deal of executive presence and are tuned in to the dynamics that are taking place around them, at all times.
In order to be a potent speaker, leaders must make sure that while they are sharing conceptions and speaking on the dinner table, they keep these strategies and rules in mind:
In order to be a potent speaker, I must make sure that while I am sharing my conceptions and speaking on the dinner table, I keep these strategies and rules in mind:
Be coherent and concise. Get to the point, so you can give other people a chance to speak.
Show confidence, conviction, and enthusiasm, in order to be engaging.
Use stories, metaphors, and symbols to entertain and inspire. Because human life is narratively rooted, incorporating storytelling into public speaking can be a powerful way of reaching your audience.
Use humor in an appropriate way. Psychology shows that humor is a serious tool that creates a connection between people, enhances the charisma of communicators, engages attention, enhances memory, leverages people’s willingness to shift attitudes and behaviors, and increases the resilience of communicators and their audiences.
Some strategies leaders utilize in order to be a successful listers are/is...
They must face the speaker and maintained eye contact, they have to be vigilant, but relaxed, keep an open mind, listen to the words and try to picture what the speaker is saying, only share conceptions when opportune (when the speaker is done), ask some great questions (people find you very keenly intellective and persuasive when you let them speak), and don't interrupt or impose their "solutions".
In order to pose as an efficacious speaker, leaders...
- Sit near the center of the table. It's more facile to be left out of the conversations if you're sitting at the end of the table.
- Jump into the conversation – tactfully.
- Speak with confidence and intent.
- Are aware of their body language.
- Don't let themselves get interrupted.