This document outlines 15 essential leadership competencies: 1. Integrity, dedication, magnanimity, openness, creativity, and fairness are important personal qualities for effective leadership. 2. Leaders must be able to clearly state expectations to avoid misunderstandings, and influence others towards achieving a shared vision. 3. Key skills include decision making, cooperation, communication, citizenship, and self-development to progress goals and manage resources responsibly.

1. 2. Lecture Essential Leadership Competencies
A leader with vision has a clear, vivid picture of where to go, as well as a firm grasp on what success
looks like and how to achieve it.
A leader does not suffer “analysis paralysis” but is always doing something in pursuit of the vision,
inspiring others to do the same.
1.Integrity A leader must have the trust of followers and therefore must display integrity.
2.Dedicationmeans spending whatever time or energyis necessary to accomplish the task at hand.
3.Magnanimity means giving credit where it is due. A magnanimous leader ensuresthat credit for
successesis spread as widely as possible throughout the company.
4.Openness means being able to listen to new ideas, evenif they do not conform to the usual way of
thinking.
5.Creativity is the ability to think differently, to get outside of the box that constrains solutions.
6.Fairnessmeans dealing with others consistently and justly. feel they that are being treated fairly,
they reward a leader with loyalty and dedication.
7.Assertivenessis not the same as aggressiveness.Rather, it is the ability to clearly state what one
expectsso that there will be no misunderstandings..
8. Influentials.Influentials are generally in the upper socio economic level of community and have
long tebnure in their occupation.
9. Decision: Leader is able to make decision and be dependable and make.Sustainable decision
.progressing towards goal and objectives.
10.Cooperative: Work cooperatively with others and demonstrate initiative in completing work.
11.SocialActivities: Use proper language in social setting, and be punctual for social events.
12.Managing financial resources:Maintainproper procedure and utilize public exchequercorrectly.
13.Communication Skill:Leadermust posses communication skills, listen to others, Provide actual
information to group.
14. CitizenshipSkills:Respectrights of others,comply with public laws and rules.
15.PersonalSkill: Developself initiative