The document provides a leadership checklist with 17 tips for effective leadership. The tips include talking straight and with honesty, demonstrating respect for all employees, creating transparency without hidden agendas, taking responsibility for mistakes, showing loyalty to employees, delivering results and not making excuses, continuously improving skills, confronting reality rather than having unrealistic expectations, clarifying expectations, practicing accountability, listening before speaking, keeping commitments, and extending trust to employees who have earned it. The overall message is that strong leadership requires transparency, honesty, respect, accountability and trust.

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THE LEADERSHIP CHECKLIST

2. Talk straight
 Be clear and concise in
your communication.
There should be
transparency and clarity
in what you speak. Be
honest and demonstrate
integrity.

3. Demonstrate respect
 Genuinely care and
respect everyone and
make sure you express it
correctly. Be nice to
employees who don’t
belong to your team as
well. Be kind and
empathetic towards your
employee issues and
grievances.

4. Create transparency
 Be open and authentic.
Don’t hide information or
have hidden agendas from
employees. After all,
everyone in your team is
working towards a
common goal. Always
operate on the premise of
‘what you see is what you
get’.

5. Right Wrongs
 If there has been an error
from your end, apologize
quickly. If possible, be
ready to provide
compensation. Do not
cover things up and own
up for your mistake.
Always demonstrate
personal humility. Make
sure you always do the
right thing and not what is
convenient.

6. Show loyalty
 This is often ignored, but
one must always give credit
to their hardworking
employees. You must also be
the voice of those who
cannot speak for
themselves. Avoid speaking
negatively about your
employees behind their
back. Address problems and
issues face-to-face and
provide favorable solutions

7. Deliver results
 Make sure you have a
track record of results.
Accomplish the task you
are hired for. Never
overpromise and under-
deliver. Avoid making
excuses for not delivering.

8. Get better
 Always make an effort to
learn and improve. Do not
be over-confident about
your skills and knowledge.
Develop a formal and an
informal feedback system.
Thank people for their
feedback, but make sure
you act upon the feedback
you receive.

9. Confront reality
 Do not have unrealistic
goals and expectations.
Always meet issues as
they are. Address tough
situations directly. Always
acknowledge what is the
unsaid and lead
conversations
courageously.

10. Clarify expectations
 Be clear while disclosing
and revealing
expectations from
employees. Make sure you
discuss and validate your
expectations from them. If
there is a difference in
thinking, renegotiate with
them. Always make sure
that your expectations are
clear.

11. Practice accountability
 Always hold yourself and
others accountable and
responsible for their
respective tasks. Take
responsibility for results,
be it good or bad.
Communicate with your
employees about how they
fare in their tasks.

12. Listen first
 Don’t make any
assumptions. Listen to
your employees before
speaking. Don’t just listen
with ears, but also keep
your eyes and heart open.
Understand your
employee’s situations, and
then diagnose a solution.

13. Keep commitments
 Make sure you commit
carefully. Always state
your intent while
committing. Keeping
commitments should be
the symbol of your honor.
Don’t break an employee’s
confidence in you.

14. Extend trust
 The last and the most
important point, extend
trust abundantly to those
who have made an effort
to earn your trust. Also
extend who are in the
process of earning your
trust. Don’t withhold your
trust in employees, even if
it involves risk. Lay this
groundwork well.