Personal Attributes
- Self-motivated and self-directing
- Firm sense of purpose and commitment
- Guided by a clear set of values
- Trustworthy
- Continually learning, developing and expanding
- Person of integrity and credibility
- Able to attract the respect and admonition of a diversity of individuals
- Takes time to build personal relationships
- Able to disagree without creating hostility
- Responds effectively under pressure
- Uses humor and wit appropriately
- Capable of maintaining loyalty
Leadership
- Ability to establish and hold a vision of the future
- Ability to inspire a willingness and desire among others to reach a common goal
- Ability to shape and champion an idea until it takes usable form
- Actively involves other people
- Seeks out and accepts criticism
- Can envision a new reality and aid in its translation into concrete terms
- Can make things happen
Creating Vision
- Ability to focus on critical issues
- Ability to think beyond the daily routine
- Sees a greater vision that ties day-to-day activities to future goals
- Thinks strategically
- Accepts responsibility for setting direction
- Motivates and inspires others to align with the vision
Team Development
- Creates an environment of trust among team members
- Actively involves the team in formulating goals and objectives
- Actively involves the team in key decisions
- Promotes a win-win approach to conflict resolution
- Effectively delegates
- Develops future leaders
Values
- Makes decisions and acts according to the organization’s value system
- Serves as the focal for translating organizational values into reality
Positioning
- 了解外部环境有关to the organization
- Understands the needs and demands of customers
- Understands the strengths and weaknesses of the team and the organization
- Ability to abandon or change a strategy when circumstances dictate
Communicating
- Ability to present clear and concise thoughts and ideas in a way that allows the organization to focus on the essential issues
- A good listener
- Communicates in the language of the receiver
- Makes clear his or her position on key issues
- “Walks the talk” — actions are consistent with words
- Conducts effective and efficient meetings
Empowering
- Treats people as the organization’s most important asset
- Treats people with dignity and respect
- Effective in linking the needs of the individual to the needs of the organization
- Brings out the best in people—lifts them to higher levels
Analytical
- Identifies key areas that will ensure successful results (critical success factors)
- Collects and organizes data to support critical success factors
- Sees the interrelationship of a complex situation and can perceive each part of the whole in a clear concise manner
- Deals with problems in proportion to their organizational importance
- Evaluates progress against plans and takes corrective action to achieve desired results
Source: Bruce Boyd, president and chief executive officer of Amos Press
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