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What are the qualities of leadership? What characteristics are needed to be a good leader? It doesn’t matter what your job title is or whether you are in any position of leadership, leadership skills and qualities can come in very handy during many of the challenging situations that we face in life.

What separates a good leader and a poor one is having the right characteristic of leadership and using effective leadership styles. There are plenty of attributes required to be a good leader. For this article, lets focus on the most vital ones.

I. Communication. Leaders spend most of their time communicating. So its no surprise that being a great communicator is an important leadership quality. Not only is effective communication with the team vital, effective communication with external parties is just as important.

Being a good communicator means knowing what to say, when to say it, and how to say it. When communicating, good leaders don’t try to be too nice, nor do they deliberately display their power and authority. Rather, they say what is required to get the job done.

A good leader always encourages his followers. Where necessary, a good leader will criticize and reprimand. Where credit is due, he will give it. A good leader always listens to what his followers has to say and there is always two way communication.

2. Decision Making. Another important aspect of good leadership is the ability to make decisions and provide directions. A good decision maker is one that;

1. BE DETERMINED - Often times decisions made takes time before the result of it can be seen. A good decision maker must be determined to stick with a decision long enough and not change route or give up halfway through. 2. HAVE FLEXIBILITY - A good decision maker is also flexible in changing decision or directions when it is known that the original decision was not the right one. 3. TIMELY - The good decision maker does not spend too much time on analysis and consideration. No matter how tough, they are able to make the decision within the required time.

It is often not possible to have all information available to make a decision. At times like this, the effective leader uses his instinct and judgment, and is never afraid of making the decision.

Developing these two attributes will bring you a long way towards becoming a great leader.