Great leaders have a heart for people. They take time for people. They view people as the bottom line, not as a tool to get to the bottom line.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Great leadership can be a difficult thing to pin down and understand. You know a great leader when you're working for one, but even they can have a hard time articulating what it is that makes their leadership so effective.
Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.
To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well.
Leadership is hard to define and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.
Great leaders help their people see how they can directly impact the company's objectives and their own personal goals.
Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
It's through a leader's actions - what he or she does and says on a daily basis - that the essence of great leadership becomes apparent.
Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.
Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.