Leader is not born, leader is created

 

Leader is not born, leader is created

The whole process starts inside of us, in our own mind. The question is how can we become strong leader? Leader, who inspires others and drives people toward excellence? Leader, who is responsible

 and spreads sense of trust?

If you want to be great leader, your first step is to learn
 what the traits make you a great leader.

To become a leader that you have always wanted to be,  you can do some  simple things:

Control yourself.  Remember history.  Every great leader in order to stay focused, had became a master of will power and self discipline. You can't lead anyone to attain their goals if you do not have your own goal and have no drive to achieve it.

• Even if it is challenging, you need to be enough disciplined in order to be there where you need to be and when you need to be there, no matter whether you want to or not. If you are strong enough in your resolve and succeed to resist temptations to give up, then you are an example to live up to for others .

• Carefully choose right emotional response to any complicated situation. It can be that sometimes you need to keep silent about your inner thoughts, even if you do not like something, but you must to do it in order to set a positive example.

Be clear about your goals. If you want that people which follow you, share your work ethic and vision, they should completely understand  deep meaning of what they are doing. You must communicate with your team on every step of the way, to be sure that your followers are on the same wavelength and that they know what you are expecting of them.

• Best way is to involve your team members  into the whole planning process and ideas implementation. Participating in this gives a great sense of ownership toward the end result to everyone.

Praise highly and criticize constructively. Do not forget to praise great workers and criticize when it is needed. But be careful to choose the  way how you criticize and praise your followers, as it  can make big difference in effective leadership.

• Be sure to praise publicly those people who are doing excellent work for you. Praising will give  sense of accomplishment to a person and will drive him to do even better.

• Otherwise, when any of your workers did something wrong, you should give constructive criticism, but to do it you need privately. You must suggest solutions on how situation can be improved and take enough time for answer of any questions. Your followers will accept such your input more willingly if they be sure  you wanted to help,  and had not intentions to harm.

Know your people. To    heartily lead group of followers, you should  truly understand your people' hopes and dreams, their pains, struggles and goals. If you have not true sense about people with whom you are working, all your good intentions mean nothing. Get to know your team, be sincere about their sorrows and joys.

• Don't forget talk to your team and get to know them. Get to know each other on a closer personal level will sure strengthen the ties between you. People will want to do more and better for you because you will be more to them than just a boss.
  

• Be their leader in first order, and be their friend in second. If you are truly their leader, this means that there will be times when you have to make difficult decisions. It is important that these decisions will be  be affected by personal relationships.

Make the hard call. If you want to be great leader, there will be times when you need to make some unpleasant decisions: firing, criticize, give a lower rank can be very hard at times. But you are leader and it is your responsibility, it is you who must handle these matters.

No matter where your leadership role will take you with a time, you must believe still that you can be a strong leader. Always remember, that if you want to lead others, first of all you must be disciplined yourself. You perfectly know, that your actions speak much louder than anything you are saying.

If you want to gain respect of others, you must strive to lead by your own example in every area of life. Follow these simple guidelines, and you will be on right way to become a true great leader!

A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus. …..Martin Luther King, Jr.

So,  are you a great leader?

Or maybe you have desire to become 
one of great leaders? 

 Great leader is man, who always has clear vision and who can turn his vision into very vivid picture that others can easy see it. Speak about your vision with a passion that you feel in your heart, with a passion that can create enthusiasm. And you will see that people will want
 to jump on your board.