7 Essential Qualities of All Great Leaders Video Lecture | Be a Leader: Leadership Development Course - Management

hello I'm Brian Tracy and I want to talk
to you now about leadership qualities
more than 50 qualities have been
identified that are important to great
leaders but there are seven leadership
qualities that seem to stand out as
being more important than the others the
good news is that each of these
leadership qualities can be learned and
they must be learned by practice and
repetition first of all great leaders
have vision they can see into the future
they they have a clear exciting idea of
where they are going and what they're
trying to accomplish and they're
excellent at strategic planning in
getting there now this quality of vision
separates them from managers having a
clear vision turns the individual into a
special type of person this quality of
vision changes a transactional manager
someone who works with people to get the
job done into a transformational leader
someone who transforms the future of the
business while a manager gets the job
done great leaders tap into the emotions
of their employees now the second
quality of a great leader is courage the
quality of courage means that you are
willing to take risks in the achievement
of your goals with no assurance of
success because there's no certainty in
life or business every commitment you
make and every action you take entails a
risk of some kind among the seven
leadership qualities courage is the most
outwardly identifiable trait of a leader
the third quality is integrity in every
strategic planning session that I've
conducted for large and small
corporations the first value that all
the gathered executives agree upon for
their company is integrity they all
agree on the importance of complete
honesty in everything they do both
internally and externally the core of
integrity is truthfulness integrity
requires that you always tell the truth
to all people in every situation
truthfulness is the foundation quality
of the trust that is necessary for the
success of any business the fourth
quality of a greatly
humility great leaders are those who are
strong and decisive but also humble
humility doesn't mean that you're weak
or unsure of yourself it means that you
have the self-confidence and
self-awareness to recognize the value of
others without feeling threatened it
means that you are willing to admit that
you could be wrong that you recognize
you may not have all the answers and it
means that you give credit where credit
is due the fifth quality is strategic
planning great leaders are also
outstanding at strategic planning they
have the ability to look ahead to
anticipate with some accuracy where the
industry and the markets are going
leaders have the ability to anticipate
trends well in advance of their
competitors they continually ask based
on what is happening today where is the
market going where is it likely to be in
three months six months one year in two
years what will customers want and they
do this through thoughtful strategic
planning leaders always focus on the
needs of the company and the situation
leaders focus on results on what must be
achieved by themselves and by others and
by the company great leaders focus on
strengths in themselves and in others
they focus on the strengths of the
organization on the things that the
company does best in satisfying
demanding customers in a competitive
marketplace your ability as a leader to
call the shots and make sure that
everyone is focused and concentrated on
the most valuable use of their time is
essential to the excellent performance
of your company the most important
contribution you can make to your
company is to be a leader to accept
responsibility for results and to dare
to go forward now thank you for watching
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