A leader is someone who leads the team being productive to achieve the goal and to the greatness. Sometimes the job desk of a leader is too overwhelming. It won’t do any good for the team if someone who does not have qualities of leader is appointed to lead the team. That is why being a good leader needs times for being developed. For someone who wants to be a leader, he needs to learn of how to be a good leader since the well-being and success of company and employees are depending on him.
Build qualities of good leader
Most good leaders often have similar qualities that make them successful. As long as you have commitment to be a leader, you can learn and develop these qualities.
- Capable to motivate employees with clear visions and missions.
- Showing positive attitudes and assurance to empower the team being productive.
- Create a culture of responsibility
- Good communicator and have relationship with the team based on trust and transparency.
- Always make decisions based on productivity and what’s best for the team, not influenced by politics.
Build good relationship with the team
One team won’t work if there is no trust and respect between each individuals in the team. Basically to build good relationship is based on three factors, knowledge, communicative and quality. Knowledge means get to know your team by personal. It would show your team that you actually care for them. Communicative means give them feedback or let them know that you are available for any questions and helps any time. Quality means you have to be aware of the quality of this leader-team relationship. You can see how strong the quality of your relationship by watching if any your knowledge and communications affect the productivity of the team.
Build a habit to be empathetic leader
Most motivators would say that empathy is proved has positive influence to job performance. You can learn a habit to be empathetic with simple actions like listen carefully every time you get in conversation, watch other people and try to imagine what they’ve been going through, be careful with your non-verbal reactions and read more resources so you will emotionally more aware of other people in general.
Improve communication skills
The key for communication skills are the words you use, the kind of tones when you speak and body language when you engage in conversation. Look out about these skills more and more and practice them as often as you can.
Give feedback
By giving feedback to the team, you will help your team developing professionally. You can give feedback in formal performance reviews or in informal discussion. Make sure you do it with compassion and be specific with your feedback so your team won’t feel hurt and be understand of what their weakness.
Create your own style
There are four common leadership styles, authoritarian, democratic, transactional and laissez-faire. Find out more about these styles and adopt one of the style which suits you the best. Or even better, create your own leadership style.
Avoid the mistakes
Being a leader does not mean you can do anything you like. Learn from your predecessors and notify their mistakes so you can avoid the mistakes and improve yourself more and more. This concludes the 7 ways of how to be a good leader. Hope your dream to be a good leader come true.
