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Effective Leadership Principles

What is Effective Leadership?

Effective leadership is about having empowering vision and mission and then translate those vision and mission into actions plan so that those vision and mission can be realized. How can you be a good leader if you don’t have such an empowering vision and mission to inspire your followers? You can be a good leader only if you have something better in your mind already and communicate those vision and mission to your follower.

How to inspire the followers to follow the leader?

The leader must already something which is clear in his/her mind eyes. It is something that far better than the present condition and the ability to translate the leader’s empowering vision and mission into massive and coordinated actions. The leaders must have the ability to communicate the vision and mission in such effective way and therefore enable the followers to do the right things to achieve those vision and mission. Good leader is a good communicator.

How to be a good communicator?

To be a good communicator you must be a good listener. Great leaders have the ability to listen and understand the aspiration of the followers. When the leaders are willing to listen, the followers will feel appreciated. Building rapport between leaders and followers in the essential first steps. A good leader is a good listener.

What Do You Mean by Empowering Leadership?

Empowering leadership is the leadership principles that enable the followers to achieve their the collective potential and at the same time contribute to the achievement of individual potential. The key to empowering leadership is the ability to balance between achieving the collective potential and individual potential. In this case, a leader must understand the uniqueness of each individual then use that uniqueness to achieve the collective goals. Balancing individual and collective needs is the factor that will empower tho followers to get the jobs done.

What are the principles of effective leadership?

Leader must be honest and straight forward. A good leader must make the decision based on the true-north principles. Everything that a leader do will be judged by the followers. A good leader will lead by giving the example, by walking the talk, by making and keeping promises. Integrity is the number one principle in effective leadership. You can be a great leader if you are a man of integrity who can keep the promise you’ve made. You must lead by giving great examples to your followers. You simply cannot ask your followers to quit smoking if you are smoking.

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