9 Habits of Successful Leaders

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9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Character :• Ability to decide the ethical course of action.

• Trustworthiness

• Not letting down the team members in order to save one’s face or position.

• Giving due credit to team members for their performance.

• Having empathy with the team members.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Decisiveness :• Ability to analyze the situation

• Ability to come up with options, by taking all the inputs from various sources.

• Ability to dig deeper to find the pros and cons of the each of the options.

• Courage to make the decision and stand by it, even if it unpopular.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Burning desire:• The leader should have the urge to accomplish

within the set period of time.

• The leader should have the drive and self confidence to lead the team to success.

• The leaders should be able to make the team members feel the urgency to achieve the goal.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Goal Orientation• The leader must be able to come up with right

vision for the organization as a whole and the time bound target for himself and the team.

• The leader should be able to articulate the goal to the team and get the team to buy-in.

• The leader should be able to set the parameters of performance.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Confidence :• The Leader should have the faith in his ability

to achieve.• The leader should be confident to make the

rest of the team to achieve the goal.• The leader should have ability to build on the

team’s mental strength.• The leader should identify and correct the

problem areas within the team.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Plan and Organize:• The leader should be able to come up with the

plans and strategies.

• The leader should be able to assign jobs to the right persons with right tools and skill sets.

• The leader should be able to fix the dateline, cost, process, precisely.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Execution:• The leader should have the ability to get the

goal achieved within the time and the cost allocated.

• The leader should be able to foresee the possible setbacks and be ready with alternate plans to execute the project within the time frame.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

Perseverance :• The leader should have the determination to

accomplish, despite all the hurdles.

• The leader should be able to control her energy and time to focus to achieve the goal.

• The leader should be able to get her team members to dedicate and “sacrifice” to achieve the target.

9 Habits of Successful Leaders

People ManagementThe leader should be able to :

• Motivate

• Train

• Provide

• Control

• Reward