Congratulations to ME for actually maintaining my first venture into consistent blogging.
To celebrate I thought I would cull through the 49 other Champion Leadership Tips and pick what I believe to be "The 5 Most Important Champion Leadership Qualities."
I began thinking about the "Top 5" prior to starting on a new client's 8-week Champion Leadership Training program for its middle level managers.
One of them asked me in some pre-work what were the most important Leadership Qualities they should be aware of, and so I started developing these at that time, enjoy:
1. Self-Leadership – 5 Traits of a Champion Leader
In 2009 I developed an executive leadership coaching philosophy based on these five traits of a champion leader:
• Commitment
• Humility
• Accountability
• Motivation (not procrastination)
• Preparation
You can read about these five traits in more detail here.
I also created a corrolary for the context of employee expectations as well (The 5 Self-Leadership Traits Expected of Champion Employees).
2. Throw out “The Golden Rule” to lead with "Platinum
This goes back to Champion Leadership Tip #5 almost one year ago on November 30, 2009.
Most of us in the United States were taught "The Golden Rule" growing up and I'm assuming other cultures offer similar teachings to the affect of "due unto others as you would have done unto you."
But, there is a higher level, organizational leaders should follow and that is the platinum rule, which states, "do unto others as they would like to be done unto."
To learn more, go here.
Additionally, in Champion Leadership #44 I wrote about "The 3 'AAA' Habits" of leading which must be incorporated into any leadership approach. I believe these three from #44, round out the Fab 5:
3. Create & Articulate an “inspiring” vision
4. Address issues promptly, directly and respectfully
5. Ability to make decisions and take action despite uncertainty
Nurture these 5 leadership qualities and you will be on your way to having a high-performing organization.
For more lessons on leadership communication check out "The Leadership Series" - 7 Lessons equivalent to a 'mini-masters degree' in leadership.
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