See The Leadership Characteristics That Can A World Into Better Place

In selecting candidate. These are the characteristics that must be possessed by the selected candidate
×Integrity ..candidates must be an honest person, possessing strong moral principles.
×Credibility…candidates must be a person in whom people believe and repose trust
×Discipline…candidate must be a person who demonstrates controlled behaviour and way of life and who steers such control to a socially acceptable direction.
×Selfleshness… candidate must be a person who gives priority to the general interest over personal interest. She/he should be a public spirited person.
×Visionary leadership…candidate must subscribe to leadership that focuses on, and plans for the future in an intelligent and productive way. This includes taking decisions that have positive implications for the future.
×People-centred leadership… candidate must be a person whose leadership is rooted in the people and works to promote their interest.
×Grassroots-friendly policies…candidate must be a person who promotes policies that are beneficial to the generality of the people.
×Positive policy intervention…where appropriate, candidate must have demonstrated articulation and implementation of programmes leading to positive improvement in various segments of the society such as education, health and economy. Indicators of improvement in education could include literacy rate, primary school enrolment, relative cost of education, construction of new schools, state of educational infrastructure, facilities and equipment.
indicators of economic improvement include job creation. Unemployment rate, general standard of living, per capital income. Indicators of performance in the health sector include mortality rate, access to health care facilities, relative affordability of health care, life expectancy.
×Impact on poverty reduction…implementation of programmes leading to a reduction in poverty level. Providing economic empowerment for the poor.
×Respect for the rule of law…candidate must be a person who has demonstrated respect for the rule of law and has eschewed arbitrariness and human rights abuse.
×Accountability…candidate must be a person with demonstrated willingness to subject his/her actions to scrutiny by the people.
×Corruption perception…candidate must have demonstrated aversion to corruption in words and deeds. The person must not be seen to be corrupt.
×Guarantee of press freedom…candidate must not be seen to have been in support of muzzling the press.
×Courage…candidate must have demonstrated ability to chart the right and honourable path, defend the right cause, without fear even in the face of opposition and persecution.
×Tenacity of purpose…candidate must demonstrate the ability to sustain his/her commitment to the above-listed ideals.
The successful candidate would be expected to exhibit most of these leadership characteristics. eaders Are Effective Communicators And Good Listeners (Not Necessarily Orators)

Effective communication skill is a must-have for any leader. Of course, the leader must not necessarily be another orator like Martin Luther King Jr., Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto or Fidel Castro. The leader’s communication ability is not really about how well he speaks or what language he speaks, but how effective he is able to convey his messages in simple terms, and how well he handles his non-verbal outbursts even in the face of provocations. When a leader communicates anger (either verbally or non-verbally) against another group or party, he or she is likely to ignite an unfriendly reaction against that group by his followers.

Utilizing effective communication skills, a leader is able to accurately convey his or her ideas and thoughts, visions and plans, and desires to the group. If the followers have no idea what is on their leader’s mind – and they are typically not mind readers – they may act against it and the leader is going to falter.

Listening is also very important (in fact, even important) for a leader. Good leaders are open (and also listen attentively) to feedbacks from their groups. They seek reaction about their performance through direct conversations and other objectively interactive means with their followers. In this way, their followers are not afraid to relate with them and are willing to serve them better.

Leaders Are Good Motivators

The ability to motivate the ‘right way’ is an important element of good leadership. Yes, motivation can be accomplished through various means, and my emphasis here is not just about motivating the followers but doing it the appropriate way. Motivation can be done the old-fashioned way or the modern people-oriented manner. In the former case, leaders use fear to coerce their followers into doing what the leader wants; this fear-tactic only delivers short-term results and finally leads to resentment. But in the people-oriented manner, leaders motivate by exposing their followers to challenging and exciting tasks; for instance, a fresh challenge (for an employee) always adds excitement and spawns creativity and ultimately raises their motivation.

Leaders Are Team Builders

Teamwork is also very vital for good leadership. This means not only teaching your followers to work together but to become part of the team yourself. According to Michael Womack, COO and co-founder hovelstay.com, “Leadership is not about finding ways to lead better or to motivate your team. It’s about being there from the beginning as equals and becoming a mentor when they need you to be one.” A good manager, for instance, recognizes that his or her employees are more than just employees, they are people too, who make decisions on a daily basis, from how to deal with raising children, to house rents, car bills, and countless tasks in their everyday lives; and as such, their decision making abilities and judgments should be trusted enough to contribute to organization’s decision making processes. The point here is that leaders ought to work in a team with their followers, while trusting their followers to do more.

Leaders Strive For Continuous Self Development

Increasing your education is definitely a good thing when trying to improve your leadership style. The education mustn’t be the one that you get a degree for. Just take the time to learn as much about your position of being a leader as possible. Do some reading at the nearest bookstore. Talk to other leaders and see how they do things; trade notes. The more you repeatedly assess yourself and your leadership actions and explore more information on leadership as much as possible, the more you will be able to keep up with changing times and the better leader you will be for it.