Ways To Turn Out To Be A Better Leader

Leaders have many transformational attributes that makes them different and successful, and these traits are common in all better leaders. Leaders inspired you in your life; he could be a beloved teacher or community figure or preacher. Better leaders are able to influence others whatever may be the event or venue. There are ways which differentiate the better leaders from less capable leaders. Consider the 7 tips for how to become a better leader and implement these it in your day to day life to achieve success.

1.     Every leader has its own leadership style, to become better leaders it’s very important to understand your current leadership style. By doing this analysis you will be able to find out the areas which need some improvement. There are many leadership style quizzes available online, you can take the test and find out the dominant leadership style in you. As soon as you are done with the test, read about your dominant leadership style and find out whether these qualities are serving or obstructing your style. Once you have identified the problem it becomes easy to determine the areas which need some work and ways to improve it.

2.     Better leader is who encouraged the creativity within himself and of their followers. They have energy and ability to stimulate people into action. Foster creativity with new challenges and make sure that the goals are within the limit of the abilities. According to Richard Branson open up all part of your brain and that will drive you with best ideas. And now he is a billionaire. So come up with thousand ideas and you will land up with the brilliant one.

3.     Better leader always acts as a role model for their follower. For example Steve Jobs being the influential leader for many people because of his leadership style Apple was showing exceptional results. The best way to turn out to be a better leader is to develop as the people leader. Work on the qualities that your team members are looking in you.

4.     Better leaders are not in a hurry to make their team members finish the task. Example of a passionate leader could be Mother Teresa and Henry Ford. Mother Teresa was passionate about her work she spent 50 years among the poorest of the poor and gave them the wholehearted free service. Henry Ford is another example of passion where he kept on going with the business despite of so many failures. After 15 years of his hard work, he came up with a reliable and efficient car. Let people know about your zeal that you care about and automatically the rest of the group will appreciate your contribution.

5.     An important characteristic of a leader is to have one-to-one communication with their group members and express appreciation, gratitude, honesty, passion and confidence. To become a better leader it’s very important that a leader should communicate effectively so that the leader is admired, trusted and followed. An example is Abraham Lincoln, once delivered a two-minute speech wherein 2 min he spoke clearly to the nation about the bright future. He knew how to communicate with people.

6.     It’s very important to have a positive attitude as it is a source of inspiration of the followers. If the leader is apathetic and discouraged, how will be members of the group be inspired? Even in a disheartening situation try to be positive. But that does not mean stop facing the actuality. It’s just maintaining the balance between reality and optimism. A very good example could be Cesar Chavez, a leader who is always motivated and can get you all excited about the mission. He has the ability to relate the things to ordinary people.

7.     Last but not the least; a better leader should encourage their followers to get into action. For that, you don’t need to give motivational speeches all the time but an inspirational idea helps the followers to feel included in the process. Richard Teerlink, CEO from 1989-1997 of Harley Davidson. He joined Harley in 1981 as a chief financial officer where the company was facing competition from other manufacturers and was struggling to survive. With his inspirational ideas to improve service to customers, dealers and develop the quality, the brand recovered and posted annual sale of more than $1.6 billion.

With the help of the following tips, you can be a better leader who can transform their followers and help them to achieve the goals of his or her full potential.