THE 21 INDISPENSABLE QUALITIES of a LEADER

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THE 21 INDISPENSABLEQUALITIES of a LEADER
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1 CHARACTER

• More than just talk
• Its a choice
• Your words must match your actions
• Remember This is your most important asset.

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2 CHARISMA

• Be more concerned of others than yourself
• Ability to draw people to you
• Look for the good and expect the best in everyone
• Share yourself

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3 COMMITMENT

• You must be committed to the goal (no one
  followers an uncommitted leader0
• Commitment opens the door to achievement
• True commitment inspires others

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4 COMMUNICATION

• A good communicator takes something complicated
  and makes it simple
• Know your audience
• Show the truth
• Seek a response from your audience
• Remember Inspire, motivate, guide, direct, and
  listen.

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5 COMPETENCE

• Say IT, Plan It, Do IT
• Dont just show up, be ready to play
• Follow-through is essential to be a competent
  leader
• Accomplish more than what is expected
• Remember You are only as good as your private
  standards.

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6 COURAGE

• Courage guarantees all other competencies
• Courage is fear that has Said it Prayers
• Courage is making things right, not just
  smoothing things over
• Remember Leadership is the expression of courage
  that compels people to do the right thing.

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7 DISCERNMENT

• Smart leaders know only half of what they hear,
  Discerning leaders know which half to believe
• Discernment is a mixture of intuition and
  rational thought
• Listen to your GUT

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8 FOCUS

• Shift to strengths Devote 70 of your time to
  your strengths
• Staff your weaknesses determine how you can
  delegate these tasks
• Create an Edge Rethink how you can do things
  better
• Remember If you chase two rabbits, both will
  escape.

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9 GENEROSITY

• Generosity starts in the heart
• Nothing speaks more loudly than the generosity of
  a leader
• Put others first
• Dont allow possessions to take control of you
• Giving is the highest level of living

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10 INITIATIVES

• The one thing a leader should fear is complacency
• A good leader is responsible for initiating a
  connection with their followers
• Initiators are always on the lookout for new
  opportunities
• Remember You cannot be indecisive and effective
  at the same time.

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11 LISTENING

• An effective leader encourages his followers to
  tell him what he needs to know and not what he
  wants to hear
• 60 of all management problems are the result of
  faulty communications, including poor listening
• Remember Start listening not only to the words
  but also for feelings, meanings and undercurrents.

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12 PASSION

• Reach out with passion to receive passion in
  return
• Passion is the first step to achievement
• Passion makes the impossible possible
• Remember You can never lead something that you
  are not passionate about.

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13 POSITIVE ATTITUDE

• You can alter your life by altering your attitude
• Genius is 99 perspiration and 1 inspiration
• People mirror a leaders attitude
• Remember Your attitude is your choice.

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14 PROBLEM SOLVING

• The measure of success is not handling a tough
  problem but whether it is the same problem you
  had last year
• Dont try to solve all problems at one time
• Develop a process to solve problems
• Time spend time to discover the problem
• Exposure check out what others have done
• Assistance Have your team study all angles
• Creativity Brainstorm
• Hit It- Implement the solution

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15 RELATIONSHIPS

• Being able to work with people is imperative to
  be an effective leader
• Improve your mind and strengthen your heart to be
  a good leader
• Remember People dont care how much you know,
  until they know how much you care.

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16 RESPONSIBILITY

• A leader can give up anything except
  responsibility
• Responsible leaders do whatever it takes to get
  the job done
• If high quality is your goal, responsibility will
  follow
• Remember If you cant carry the ball you cant
  be the leader.

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17 SECURITY

• A good leader can not do it all himself
• Insecure leaders can not provide security for
  others
• Insecure leaders hoard power and become more
  threatened as their people get better
• Remember Know yourself, give credit where
  credit is due, share your knowledge and assist
  your team.

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18 SELF-DISCIPLINE

• The first and best victory is to conquer SELF
• Challenge your excuses
• Make a disciplined lifestyle your goal

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19 SERVANTHOOD

• A true leader serves people
• Love your people more than your position
• Put others ahead of your own agenda
• Serve out of love, it should not be motivated by
  manipulation or self promotion

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20 TEACHABILITY

• It is what you learn after you know it all that
  counts
• Teachability requires you to admit that you do
  not know everything
• Observe how to handle your mistakes
• Do you?
• Admit
• Apologize
• Take the defensive
• Remember If you can not handle making mistakes
  you need to work on your teachability.

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21 VISION

• A leaders courage to fulfill his vision comes
  from passion, not position
• Vision
• - Starts from within
• - Draws on history
• - Meets others needs

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FINAL THOUGHT

• The only way to become the kind of leader that
  people want is to keep growing and learning about
  leadership.