There are plenty of books and essays available in the market specifying the qualities which a leader should posses. Still I would like to share some thoughts about it from my point of view.
According to me, a leader is simply a person who lead others. Thus there are many leaders all over the world. Most of all people are leaders for they are leading someone. To realize a good leader from these leaders is really important and I'll help you to discern a leader.
Leading: There are so many ways to lead others. It is possible to lead then with force and imposing. Hitler is a good example for this. Likewise it is possible to be a leader with the influence of material things like finance, assignment, position, power, education, age and so on. Rather than these things, a good leader should be a person who influence others with his wisdom and to get others to willingly follow him. Such a person should gain followers with his wisdom. Jesus Christ and Solomon are good examples for these.
Goal: A leader is to lead. This leading should never be a kind of leading without an aim. If a leader is not consistent in their aim, gradually the followers will loose their trust and hope in him. Most leaders are leading their followers with no aim and purpose. A good leader should be able to guide others with a clear vision to a fixed aim with purpose. There should be a primary vision and secondary vision which are also small visions to get to the primary vision.
Followers: A good leader should be a able to understand his followers. He should also be a good follower too, follower of his aim itself. He should realize that his followers are following him with some needs and he should be able to take necessary actions to help them for their need. He should never misuse his followers, but he should be a person who only use his followers.
Deeds: All leaders in this world are very good in words. But deeds are the mark of a successful leader. A good leader should be strong in both his words and deeds. Leaders only good in words will never achieve success in their life. They will surely fail to achieve their aim.
Listen: A good leader should be also be a very good listener. He should be a person who give value to the words and suggestions of his followers. He should have the ability to listen and to make decisions. But most of all times, leaders are only good in giving commands. Such leaders will surely lose their followers sooner or later.
Knowledge: It may be impossible for a leader to acquire a vast knowledge about everything. But a good leader should at least have some good knowledge regarding their vision. His basic knowledge about the vision to achieve the vision should be good. Otherwise he will not be able to understand his followers problems and to guide them properly.
Dedication: A good should be a person who dedicated his life, time and necessary things for his followers and vision to achieve the vision. He should be able to make his followers dedicated not by imposing, but by the influence of his dedication. Most leaders are good dedicators only in their oaths and not in deeds. Their followers will also eventually become people with no dedication towards achieving the aim.
Exhorting: A good leader should also be a good encourager. He should be a person who correct his followers through encouraging them by preferring new ideas to them. Bad leaders only found only find enjoyment in criticizing and finding the mistakes of his followers and others. Such a person should lose the commitment of his followers.
Creativity: A good leader should be creative to make some ideas and plans of his own, at least with the goal to achieve the vision. Most leaders today lack this quality for they are copying and following the ideas and thoughts of somebody else to be a leader. The major aftereffect of this is utter failure in situations of crisis and problems where nobodies idea is their to copy.
Beyond these qualities, a leader should also be honest, confident, intelligent, able, listening and so on. All these are qualities of a good leader, but not all exceptions are bad leaders also. Nobody is perfect and no leader is also perfect, expect the leader Jesus Christ. Those who gain Jesus Christ as their leader should surely find success in their life for they are following a good leader with good and fixed vision. This leader is the only leader in this world who is equally good in both words and deeds. So do you have Jesus as your leader? If you want Him as you leader, Click here.
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