Here is how some define the important behaviors of a person successful in leading people. Others have somewhat different points of view regarding the characteristics of a skillful leader. You can use these characteristics for conducting a self-assessment of where you now are as a first-line supervisor with regard to leadership behaviors.
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Have clear philosophy, vision or set of beliefs regarding direction of work team or organization |
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Have a long-term orientation in terms of months or years to attain goals versus a short time period. |
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Willing to experiment and take risks and use mistakes as a teachable learning experience. |
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Share influence/power/authority with team members, peers and others and committed to empowerment. |
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Participative in how work planned and controlled and allow team members to have a big say in how things shall be done. |
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Open to new ideas that will improve quality, productivity and customer service. |
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Understand that you cannot work in isolation and must work in coordination with other units. |
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Have the trust of others and truly respect people and caring. |
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Train, develop and mentor others and see this as an important part of my role. |
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Have patience and willing to talk things through. |
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Flexible about people and how things should be. |
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Have high self-esteem and confidence in self. |
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Aware of my strengths and weaknesses. |
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Upbeat, positive and optimistic about things. |
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Ambitious and driven to succeed. |
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Persistent and have no quit in me. |
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Intelligent but not in the genius category. |
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