Leadership Characteristics - Report - University of X

This report delves into the essential characteristics of effective leadership, emphasizing the importance of focusing on organizational strengths, acting as a role model, and upholding integrity and trust. It highlights how effective leaders cultivate their skills to inspire and manage their teams effectively. The report discusses the significance of a leader's actions and words and their impact on others, underscoring the importance of positive reinforcement over criticism. Furthermore, it emphasizes that integrity and trust are paramount qualities that form the foundation of strong leadership, influencing the leader's ability to build relationships and foster a successful environment. The report also references academic sources such as DuBrin (2016) and Kotter (2001), which support the importance of leadership skills in organizations.

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Table of Contents
Effective leaders concentrate on strengths......................................................................................2
Role model.......................................................................................................................................2
Integrity and trust.............................................................................................................................2
References........................................................................................................................................3

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An inspirational and effective leader develops and improves management skills. The staff of an
effective leader likes to improve skills by learning the qualities of experts within the organization
(Kotter, 2001).
Effective leaders concentrate on strengths
The main quality of the leaders is to focus on the strengths of the organization and utilized them
in an effective manner for the success of an organization. nThe effective leaders achieve success
by compensating weakness. An effective leader becomes an outstanding person by identifying
the areas of potential strength and focuses on energies to become outstanding in areas of
business.
Role model
A leader is a role model for every person within the organization as everyone wants to be like.
An effective leader lives in a bowl of goldfish. An effective leader is aware of the impact of their
gestures and words on the people around them. The leaders are sensitive with the positive remark
over the negative effect of criticism.
Integrity and trust
Integrity and trust are the most respected and important qualities of leadership. Integrity is the
most admired and recognized the quality of people. All relations bind with the trust of a leader.
The ability and willingness to trust the people that report the performance with the very best
way.
These qualities are the most important qualities of an effective leader rather than other
characteristics. These present the skills of leaders within the manner of organization success.
Continuously improving the skills provides admiration and respect to leaders (DuBrin, 2016)

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References
DuBrin, A. J., 2016. Leadership. Leadership Behaviors, Attitudes, and Styles, 08(01), pp. 108-
144.
Kotter, J. P., 2001. What Leaders Really Do. Harvard Business Review, 79(11), pp. 85-96.