A Good Leader
What makes a good leader?
Such a generic question which many has learn to tackle...but first, what's your definition of a leader? Everyone has his or her own definition of a leader.. but i guess the basic of it is that a leader is a person who leads his or her team to finish up tasks that were given to them. In that case, anyone can be a leader...
But what makes a good leader then? what's the extraordinary trait apart from the above?
To me personally, after my 8 years of working, i get to brag that i finally know what a good leader is. A good leader is someone who will motivate and inspire his or her team to greater heights. He or she is able to guide the team to move them to be more initiative in their given job/task. Guide here does not mean to constantly feed them with information and rules or procedures of what to do, but rather to lead them to the end goal of the task, as a back bench while the team is the one getting the job done. It is important to let the team members know of their usefulness so as to let them have a sense of belonging to the team, and not just a machine to get things done without any self worth. Therefore, the best way to guide is to reason with them. Giving instructions in the forms of reasoning, so that they are aware of the task at hand, and the importance of their role in that particular task itself.
I've worked with a lot of leaders in my 8 years, but very rare do I come across a good leader. I have read before that what keeps an employee in a company is mainly because of the boss, and that is very true. It is always a people-people relationship which is the hardest of all to handle. You can have 1001 job/task to finish at your workplace, but none can compare to have just a hands full issues with the people you work with. And all this is very much relate-able with the leader you work with.
There's a lot in mind when it comes to characteristics of a leader, but each are very subjective traits which many may agree or disagree. Nonetheless, just be yourself. A job is just a job. We are dispensable. Most importantly, stay happy.
Amen.
Such a generic question which many has learn to tackle...but first, what's your definition of a leader? Everyone has his or her own definition of a leader.. but i guess the basic of it is that a leader is a person who leads his or her team to finish up tasks that were given to them. In that case, anyone can be a leader...
But what makes a good leader then? what's the extraordinary trait apart from the above?
To me personally, after my 8 years of working, i get to brag that i finally know what a good leader is. A good leader is someone who will motivate and inspire his or her team to greater heights. He or she is able to guide the team to move them to be more initiative in their given job/task. Guide here does not mean to constantly feed them with information and rules or procedures of what to do, but rather to lead them to the end goal of the task, as a back bench while the team is the one getting the job done. It is important to let the team members know of their usefulness so as to let them have a sense of belonging to the team, and not just a machine to get things done without any self worth. Therefore, the best way to guide is to reason with them. Giving instructions in the forms of reasoning, so that they are aware of the task at hand, and the importance of their role in that particular task itself.
I've worked with a lot of leaders in my 8 years, but very rare do I come across a good leader. I have read before that what keeps an employee in a company is mainly because of the boss, and that is very true. It is always a people-people relationship which is the hardest of all to handle. You can have 1001 job/task to finish at your workplace, but none can compare to have just a hands full issues with the people you work with. And all this is very much relate-able with the leader you work with.
There's a lot in mind when it comes to characteristics of a leader, but each are very subjective traits which many may agree or disagree. Nonetheless, just be yourself. A job is just a job. We are dispensable. Most importantly, stay happy.
Amen.
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