Refining and demonstrating your leadership abilities will allow others to see your potential. You will also enjoy increased confidence in your abilities.
Being a leader means more than telling others what to do. If you make an effort to cultivate and refine leadership qualities, others will listen to you, not because they have to, but because they want to. As you embody leadership qualities, you give people-including yourself-a glimpse of what you are capable of doing. This alters the dynamics of your relationships, and it will also attract the attention of those who are able to offer you new opportunities. Demonstrating your leadership abilities will attract the kinds of circumstances you can put your abilities to good use.
Leadership qualities include:
• Leadership outside of the job demonstrates leadership potential on the job.
• The capacity to create or catch vision
• Thrilled by challenge
• Challenged by a constructive spirit of discontent. That's the un-scratched itch
• Believe there is a better way to do something
• Able to identify which ideas are practical and which are not
• A willingness to take responsibility for successes and mistakes
• Determination - Grab hold of the problem and not let go, like a dog with a bone
• Ability to get things done
• Mental toughness
• Peer respect
• Family respect. demonstrates leadership qualities
• Effective communication skills-especially listening skills
• Win - Win negotiation skills
As you demonstrate your leadership potential, people will want to work with you. At the same time, you will also attract the attention of authority figures. You will undoubtedly increase your opportunities for growth and career advancement.
Dorothy M. Neddermeyer, PhD, Life Coach, Hypnotherapist, Author, "101 Great Ways To Improve Your Life." Dr. Dorothy has the unique gift of connecting people with a broad range of profound principles that resonate in the deepest part of their being. She brings awareness to concepts not typically obvious to one's daily thoughts and feelings. http://www.drdorothy.net
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008
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