Leadership Behavior

Good leaders lead the followers to where they have never been. They guide and pave the ways for the followers to become leaders one day in the future too. With this, the leaders themselves have to well perform and act as models for the others. Leaders are required to hold good behavior that can be learnt and followed by the others and these can be:

A. Showing enthusiasm: The leaders have to show the strong admiration and feeing in both leading and working so that these can be used as motivators or stimuli for others.

B. Supporting other people: The Leaders work closely with the followers, and they have to support by teaching, guiding, or showing the ways for them to work towards accomplishment.

C. Recognizing individual effort: The leaders do work only work relatively with the followers, but they have also to recognize individual effort so that this can taken to be the example for the others to follow.

D. Listening to individuals’ ideas or problem: Good leaders always get all the information that is related to work itself. They are required to listen to, share the ideas with, and participate with their followers in order to manage the work to run smoothly.

E. Providing the direction: The leaders have to provide the directions for the followers so that they can accomplish their work effectively and easily. These directions can be related to both management and leadership.

F. Demonstrating personal integrity: The leaders have to work their best to achieve all kinds of activities. They have to consider of the groups’ interest rather than individuals.  

G. Practicing what he/she preaches: The leaders have to walk the talk, or they will be respected and listened by the followers. They have to put into practice what they have already talked or promised to do.  

H. Encouraging team work: The leaders have to motivate and encourage the followers to work in groups or teams. As one said “Two heads are better than one”, and the leaders have to keep this in mind so that they can work together to achieve the desired purposes.  

I. Actively encouraging feedback: Feedback is really necessary that can be used as indicator to evaluate what we have already for both good and bad points so that we cab make an improvement. The leaders need to encourage the followers to give the feedback as said in 360 degree book.  

J. Developing other people:  Teaching the followers to be the leaders is considered to be the main job of the leaders. The leaders do not only lead alone, but they have to give the chance to the others to hold this position too.  

Sam Aun (Andy)