Personal leadership qualities

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Personal leadership qualities
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Self awareness

• Aware of your own values
• Recognise and articulate their own values and
  principles, recognising that they may differ from
  other individuals and groups
• Identify own strengths and limitations, the
  impact of their behaviour on others, and the
  effect of stress on their own behaviour
• Identify own emotions and prejudices and
  understand how these can affect their judgement
  and behaviour
• Obtain, analyse and act on feedback from a
  variety of sources

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Managing your self

• Manage the impact of their emotions on their
  behaviour
• Reliable in meeting their responsibilities and
  commitments to high standards
• Ensure plans and actions are flexible and take
  into account the needs and work plans of others
• Plan workload and activities to fulfil work
  requirement and commitments without compromising
  own health

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Continuing personal development

• Actively seek opportunities and challenges for
  personal learning and development
• Acknowledge mistakes and treat them as learning
  opportunities
• Participate in continuing professional
  development
• Change behaviour in the light of feedback and
  reflection

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Act with integrity

• Uphold personal and professional ethics and
  values
• Communicate effectively with individuals,
  appreciating their social, cultural, religious
  and ethnic background
• Value, respect and promote equality and diversity
• Take appropriate action if ethics and values are
  compromised

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10 common management and leadership mistakes
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ment-mistakes.htm

• Management mistakes
• Failing to Keep a To-Do List
• Not Setting Personal Goals
• Not Prioritizing
• Failing to Manage Distractions
• Procrastination
• Taking on too Much
• Thriving on "Busy"
• Multitasking
• Not Taking Breaks
• Ineffectively Scheduling Tasks

• Leadership mistakes
• Lack of Feedback
• Not Making Time for Your Team
• Being Too "Hands-Off"
• Being Too Friendly
• Failing to Define Goals
• Misunderstanding Motivation
• Hurrying Recruitment
• Not "Walking the Walk"
• Not Delegating
• Misunderstanding your role

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Delegation

• It is good leadership practice to support and
  develop staff by building their confidence and
  competence in their ability through supportive
  delegation

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Delegation

• Disadvantages of NOT delegating
• Burnout
• Poor quality work
• Holding back someones career by not giving them
  opportunities
• Reduce motivation controlling / not trusting
  your staff

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What is supportive delegation

• 1. Determine what to delegate
• Be specific
• Identify and list the responsibilities that need
  to be assigned to others
• The clearer the task is, the more likely it is
  that you will communicate clearly to the
  co-worker or employee
• 2. Follow up
• Check on progress
• Offer additional support and guidance

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What is supportive delegation

• 3. Match projects to staff members
• Determine which assignments would best suit each
  employee.
• Understand the skills and knowledge of your
  employees
• Match responsibilities to strengths
• Offer assignments that people will enjoy
• Show appreciation
• 5. Thank people

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The most successful leaders are those who
understand their staff and know how to motivate
them through trust and personal development
www.forbes.com