A warm welcome to the leadership skills list section of the web site. On this page, I list the skills or qualities that are often attributed to effective leadership.
Leaders ultimately have to get others to reach a common goal or reach some future state or vision. Leadership is about influencing the thoughts, views, and actions of others. This is usually done either by leading by example or by the effective communication of ideas.
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So the above brings us to the first two or three leadership skills on our list, that of being able to effectively communicate, motivate, and influence. See below for other leadership skills and qualities.
The Leadership Skills and Qualities List…
- Communicate
- Motivate
- Influence
- Honesty
- Integrity
- Ability to Delegate
- Commitment
- Confidence
- Sense of Humor
- Creative
- Innovative
- Positive Attitude
- Intuitive
- Problem Solving
- Negotiating
- Time Management
- Stress Management
- Presenting
- Emotional Intelligence
- Organizational
- Project Planning
- Project Management
- Strategic Thinking
- Strategic Planning
- Able to Prioritize
- Risk Management
- Self Motivation
- Ability to Self Evaluate
- Coach
- Mentor
- Charismatic
- Empathetic
- Assertive
- Active Listening
- Building Rapport
- Effective Speaking
- Change Agent
- Customer-Centric
- Quality focused
- Tech-savvy
- Statistics
- Continuous Improvement
- Finance
- Marketing
- Social Media
- Visionary
- Relevant Professional Knowledge
- Awareness of internal and external events
- Analytical
- Proactive
- Mentally Agile
- Continued Learner
- Able to Budget
- Hard worker
- Coordinate
- Enthusiastic
- Determined
- Can Benchmark
- Tough
- Results Driven
- Achievement Focused
- Ability to Develop Others
- Flexible
- Troubleshooter
- Strong Team Player
- Cost Driven
- Decisive
- Able to Empower
- Interviewing
- Conflict Management
- Crisis Management
- Culture Management
- Able to Run Effective Meetings
- Clear Thinker
- Implementer
- Growth Mindset
- Attentive
Which of these are you currently strong at? Which ones do you need to work on improving?
Obviously this isn’t a definitive list. If I’ve left any out then please let me know via the comments section further down the page and I will add at a later date. I’d love to try and get to one hundred!
If you currently lead a team then share this list with your team. See if they can add to the list. Any good ones then please remember to share with me! Also get them to consider characteristics that are not leadership skills.
Which members of your team are strong at which skills? Thinking of all of your team do you have all of the skills covered or are there gaps? A team full of highly creative types may come up with many ideas but achieve nothing. Teams need the right balance of skills. Try to beat this in mind when forming new teams for future projects.
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