I think effective leaders typically are able to see the future to a certain degree and then try to take actions to shape it in some way.
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To be an effective leader, you have to have a manipulative streak - you have to figure out the people working for you and give each tasks that will take advantage of his strength.
Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn't come alive until the leader models it.
Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.
Leaders play a unique role in periods of crisis and chaos. Because if you don't, you're not going to harness the power of all the people behind you.
Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there.
What happens with a lot of leaders is that their leadership style is like ADD; they are all over the place with different ideas. They could be driving one idea forward but then move on to something else too soon.
Leadership is influence.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills.
In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
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