Leadership Skills for Modern Day Leaders

LEADERSHIP SKILLS

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Contents
INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................2
Leadership skills................................................................................................................................2
Conclusion.............................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES......................................................................................................................................4

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INTRODUCTION
In the modern day firms, there are several problems that exist in the work process. It depends
on the skills of the leader, how effectively they manage the issues (Kearns, Livingston,
Scherer & McShane, 2015). This report highlights the various skills that must be present with
the modern day leaders. It also presents the list of leadership skills that are required in
modern day leaders and shows my mastery on each.
Leadership skills
Skills Definition
Communication Skills It is crucial for the leaders to ensure that they have an excellent
communication skill. These skills not only mean to have
command on any particular language but to have overall
communicational skills. This includes behaviour and actions too
(Johansen & Voto, 2014). It is required for eliminating the
operational problems that occurs due to misinterpretation of
thoughts.
Motivational Skills A leader must be able to inspire the workers to work hard so as to
achieve maximum productivity from them. A leader must use his
experience and vision so as to motivate other (Doyle, 2018). In
this regards understanding the needs of the employees and
making plans to fulfil it, plays a very vital role.
Creativity It is a highly important skill that must be present with every
leader. This is helpful for finding new ideas and thoughts for the
business process. Creativity is also essential for the firm so as to
resolve the issues that are new to the business (Freeman, 2014).
Learning is essential in this regards as it helps in the development
of the creativity within them.
Directing One of the essential role or duty of the leader to direct the roles
and responsibilities to all the employees at the lower level. It is
the role of the leaders to ensure that all the work gets completed
on time. For this it is crucial that leaders direct all the members to
work in a particular manner (Gamble & Vaux, 2014). This would
also help the organisation in resolving the issues that are
confronting their business.