1. You are approachable.
If you find yourself
giving advice to your friends and coworkers more than you are taking it, it
means that they value your opinion and are the go to person for help. Being
approachable is an important quality for a leader to have because no one
really wants to work for someone without an open door policy. People trust your
judgment and confide in you: take pride in that.
2. You maintain a smile, even when it is difficult.
Maintaining your
composure professionally is an excellent trait many leaders have and many
companies are looking for. It is important to keep calm and keep the situation
under control. If you have found yourself nodding silently and listening to
someone who is obviously upset and is screaming at you, then you have more
patience than most.
3. You have a open mind.
Keeping an open mind is
an important trait when it comes to being a leader. If you have found yourself
listening to someone tell you on how to do things more efficiently and take it
as constructive criticism, I applaud you.
4. You are straight forward.
Have you ever found
yourself in a situation where someone is asking for advice and even though you
know they do not want to hear it, you give it to them anyways? You don’t sugar
coat it and give it to them straight to get the point across. That is a good
thing, it may not seem like it to your friend at the time, but it is a great
quality each leader has. Sometimes, you will have to hold meetings, give
constructive feedback on an employee’s performance and occasionally, let
someone go. It takes a tough person to have this trait, be proud of it.
5. You are responsible, even though you don’t want to
be.
There are some of days
where it just sucks to live and you want to just lay in bed. You want to stay
there, eat your meals there and go back to sleep. Whatever has got you down,
you push it aside and you force yourself out of bed because you have
responsibilities. You have people counting on you and you have things to get
done that will not finish themselves. There are some that don’t make it out of
bed, and just push those tasks aside for another day, but not you. This is
called being responsible. Leaders need be responsible when no one else wants to
be.
6. You treat everyone equally despite how you feel.
Whether it is at work or
at school, you treat people equally regardless of your feelings. Being a leader
means that you must be able to treat everyone with respect, even if you are
having a bad day. If you are the kind of person to leave your personal life’s
luggage at the door of the establishment you work or study at, that is
impressive. Not many can do that.
7. You are confident but are never afraid to ask for
help or support.
Great leaders are not
perfect. They are confident in the choices they make but they are not afraid to
ask for help if they need it. If you have found yourself stuck in a rut and ask
someone else for support, take it as a good thing. You are human and though you
may know a lot, you don’t know everything. If you accept this and move on with
an open mind, consider yourself leader material.
8. You find the silver lining, even in the worst
situations.
Your energy is
irresistible. Everyone needs positive energy to feed off of and leaders of all
kinds need to have it. It is important to have this energy in the work place
because mistakes are made here and there, but any action taken afterwards can
make the situation worse if you let negative energy fester. Great leaders take
every situation and focus on the silver lining.
9. You help others without expecting anything in
return.
Have you found yourself
finishing tasks at work because it needs to be done not because you have been
asked? Or volunteering to help someone move just because? Great leaders do
things to help others and not expect anything else in return from anyone.
10. You genuinely care about how others are feeling.
Sometimes in life, you
find yourself pushing plans aside to listen to someone vent or to be their
shoulder to cry on. You are the person that people come to when they want to
talk about life and how it is going wrong. You make time for this because you
honestly care about how people feel. Great leaders not only try to get to know
who their people are as employees but also as actual people. They acknowledge
that people have feelings, ups and downs, and need to have someone listen and
reset their mind.
If you found yourself
thinking, “I do that” with several of these points, you may just be a leader.
All you need is a little confidence and initiative to make it happen. There is
nothing in this world stopping you from being what you want to be, except
yourself. If you want it, work for it. You already have got the traits of a
leader and the world could always use another great one.
Credits: Life Hack
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