5 tips for a good leader

The art of leading
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Interpersonal Influence

Andrew J. DuBrin, a famous author, considers that interpersonal influence based on direct communication skills is the most common used technique, in order to become a true leader. The ability to influence one's thinking by persuasion or citing one's own example is a quality trait found in leaders. The followers start looking up to the leader as someone who will show him/her the right path to success.

Build Trust

The main dynamic force that motivates and coordinates the organization is trust and the ability of succeeding must be also based on cooperation and understanding. A good leader should be a source of inspiration to the followers. The faith held by the followers in their leader will lead to smooth completion of tasks assigned to them by the leader.

Ethics and moral rules

G. A. Cole thinks that leading is a dynamic process that involves work-groups and the decisions are belonging to the leader for a predetermined period of time. That is why is so important to obey a set of moral and ethic rules. The leader is a social architect to build the team. Hence he/she should create an environment based on correctitude and transparency. These seeds sown by the leader if followed by the group, will ultimately benefit the leader himself. People will start following the leader and his/her methods with faith

Influnece of personality

W. Bennis defines other 3 main characteristics that are defining an excellent leader: attention, confidence and open-mind. By completing the model, some theoreticians like Professor F. Fiedler from the University of Washington are convinced that personality plays a major contribution in the game of leading. In their opinion attention, confidence and open-mind are typically born -with attributes, influenced only by native personality.

Goal setting

Bill Cosby was not able to determine the real reasons for success. But in his opinion, a leader failed in his/her mission when he or she switched sides. According to him, a true leader should stick to only one direction. Changing directions frequently are signs of a confused person and not a determined leader. That is also true according to John P Kotter (in his book called "What Leaders really do") all the characteristics possessed by a leader should be melted with the primary objective, typical for a certain situation.


When those five attributes are united is very likely to obtain success but only if you really want that to happen, and you work hard in order to achieve the goals. One should keep in mind that real leader has no hidden dark secrets or powers.