To Become a Better Leader

To Become a Better Leader

Transformational leaders are positive, inspiring, empower and develop followers. They are very passionate, genuine and energetic. These leaders are concerned about helping the team to achieve its goals and also each staff member to reach her full potential. 

Researchers say that this type of leadership is the best leadership style to follow.

According to Cherry (2019), Let us see the tips we can use to become a better leader.

01.  Start by understanding your leadership style

-          This is an essential part as you need to know your strength and the areas you need to improve.

02.  Encourage Creativity

-          Followers need to be encouraged to express their creativity. Offer new challenges for creative and innovative ideas.

03.  Serve as a Role model

-          Work on modeling the qualities and behaviors that you would like to see in your team members.

04.  Be passionate

-          Should truly care about to goals of the group. Let team members know that they care about the progress. Do appreciate when a member share /express new ideas.

05.  Listen and communicate effectively

-          Keeping communication open you can ensure that the group members feel able to make contributions and receive recognition for their achievements.

06.  Have a positive attitude

-          An upbeat, positive attitude is a source of inspiration for followers. Even things go bad, try to stay positive.

07.  Encourage people to make contributions

-          Welcome the ideas from the team members. While retaining the final say over all decision, encourage and let team members to take an active role to come up with ideas and plans.

08.  Motivate your followers

-          Offer inspirational motivation to encourage their followers to get into action.

09.  Offer rewards and recognition

-          Offer effective recognition and rewards make the followers feel appreciated and happy.

10.  Keep trying new things

-          Review the things which have been effective in the past and look for new ways to inspire, motivate and reward the team members.

To be a better leader, it does require a lot of effort and a commitment to the continuous development of new leadership skills and behaviors. If you really want to be a leader, the sky is the limit.

References

Cherry, K., 2019. 10 Tips for Becoming a Better Leader. [Online]
Available at: https://www.verywellmind.com/ways-to-become-a-better-leader-2795324