Possessing Leadership Prowess

Every human creation has distinct characteristics. As daughters and sons of God we are all blessed with unique traits and abilities, thus, our success and failure will depend upon how we are going to improve and utilize the gifts He gave us. We all possess leadership prowess for we all think rationally as we make valuable decisions all throughout our lifetimes. One maybe of advantage of another but we are provided with wide avenues to practice and hone our leadership skills. The following are useful tips on how to develop into the best and effective leader you want to become.

Have the Passion

An effective leader is a person with a passion for a cause .Someone with a dream and a vision that will better society, or at least, some portion of it. Also, without passion, a leader will not make the necessary courageous and difficult decisions and carry them into action.

Possess the Values

Leadership implies values. A leader must have values that are life-giving to society. It is the only kind of leadership we need. This then also implies values that are embedded in respect for others. You can’t lead without it. Respect means also that one can deal with diversity.

Seize the Vision

If one doesn’t care about an issue, then one would not spend the time thinking about how it could or should be different. Thus a leader has to have some ideas about change, about how the future could be different.

Be Creative

One has to try to think out of the box to have good visions and to come up with effective strategies that will help advance the vision.

Acquire Intellectual Drive and Knowledge

A leader has to be a student. In general it is hard for a leader to be around enough other leaders to pick this up just through discussion, a leader has to be a reader and a learner.

Be Confident yet Humble

Though one has the intellect to lead but one does not possess confidence then action will not occur. Without action, there is no change. Yet, ironically, a leader needs to have humility. No matter how creative and bright one is, often the best ideas and thinking are going to come from someone else. A leader needs to be able to accept that.

Be a Communicator

None of the above assets will work for a leader if one can’t speak or write in a way to persuade others that they should follow along and join the team. A leader must know how to reach out to his/her members and to the masses of people in his/her society. He/she also needs to learn the techniques of good listening, honest and open communication.

Having been equipped with wisdom and exceptional capacities, everyone can emerge as an effective leader, especially if one would take into consideration the aforementioned tips. A person doesn’t have to be rich and powerful to be able to lead, for as long as one has the passion to lead and the willingness to serve then, you deserve to be called as an successful leader , with this, I want to share with you a quotation from the 6^th President of America, Pres. John Quincy Adams, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”