INDICATORS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

Without leadership, the organization ceases to move. It is much like an engine driving a vehicle forward. If the engine stops working, the wheels don’t move anyone or anything forward.

One needs to be familiarize with the indicators of effective leadership. Without these indicators, your group or organization won’t function properly.

THE 6 INDICATORS OF EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP

1. CORE VALUES

The core values of the organization are understood and openly lived through the people delivering or interacting with the business.

2. HIGH LEVELS OF AUTONOMYIn organizations where great leadership is present, everyone understands their role and function alongside the critical nature of their input. They don’t need constant supervision and external motivation.

3. CHANGE IS AN OPPORTUNITY

Change is viewed as an opportunity to redefine rather than a malignant threat.

4. SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL

The business remains sustainable and viable across generations of ‘leaders’.

5. LIKE-MIND SYNERGIESThe business attracts other like-minded businesses to engage in partnership working because of shared values and vision and this can be openly and honestly explored and accepted or rejected without animosity or fear.

6. KNOWING THE WHOLE PICTURE

Above all else, leaders should not be judged on their results alone, but on how those results are achieved and the longevity and sustainability of their impact long after they have left the role.