What does it take to be a good leader? "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader." -John Quincy Adams Leadership is a skill that often takes time and intuition to cultivate. It's evidenced through our actions and our interactions with our teams. Good leadership can be learned. If you want to refine your journey to being a good leader, here are 5 skills worth paying attention to. 1) Understand two-way communication Good leaders understand that communication in a two-way street. They not only excel at communicating their ideas to their team they are also receptive to feedback and new perspectives. 2) Motivate your people The difference between a manager and a leader is the ability to motivate those who report to you. To be a leader you need to develop a passion for your vision in your team. Why else would they be motivated to invest their time and energy in your ideas? 3) Create leaders, not followers You need to know your people well enough to recognize leadership potential in them. Identify the next generation of leaders coming up under you and help them reach their maximum potential. 4) Integrity and Transparency Trust is an absolute fundamental requirement of good leadership. By conducting yourself with integrity and being transparent about your goals you can win your team's trust. 5) A sense of responsibility You need to accept that the buck stops with you. Invite as much advice as you need but ultimately you need to be the one calling the shots. www.ptechpartners.com

1. 5
top
Leadership
Skills
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2. 01
Understand
two-way
communication
Good leaders understand
that communication is a
two-way street.
They not only excel at
communicating their
ideas to their team they
are also receptive to
feedback and new
perspectives.

3. 02 Motivate
your people
The difference between
a manager and a leader
is the ability to motivate
those who report to you.
To be a leader you need
to develop a passion for
your vision in your team.
Why else would they be
motivated to invest their
time and energy in your
ideas?

4. 03
Create leaders,
not followers
You need to know your people
well enough to recognize
leadership potential in them.
Identify the next generation
of leaders coming up under
you and help them reach
their maximum potential.

5. 04 Integrity and
Transparency
Trust is an absolute fundamental
requirement of good leadership.
By conducting yourself with
integrity and being transparent
about your goals you can win
your team's trust.

6. 05
A sense of
responsibility
You need to accept that the
buck stops with you.
Invite as much advice as you
need but ultimately you need
to be the one calling the shots.