In your experience what are the qualities of a great leader? We posed this question to women in two groups – Fem Foundry and It’s a Mastermind. This is what they had to say:
Nicoletta Papadopoulou
A huge loving superkind soul full of humanity for all!!!! my dad is a massive authentic one so i live it daily 24/7 in action not empty blah blah and fake show off!!!
Verna Campbell
Someone who is strong, honest, and has integrity. Cares about their employees and treats them with respect..Someone willing to do what they ask their employees to do.Who doesn’t mind getting their hands dirty, and is there for their employees no matter what.Someone willing to have an open door. and great communication skills.
Joanne Jaworski
Having/using strong intuition to hire great people that can do their job and then getting out of the way to let them do it!
Manique Peters
Great leaders are intelligent followers! They have the skill to bring the best out of their followers and make them feel important and appreciated. They have clear vision and goals.
Lizzie Chua
Strength but with empathy and for sure add guidance
Nini S Castle
Someone who goes first and cares about the collective team and each individual as valuable. A great leader is willing to make mistakes and be wrong, learn, grow and take self respect. A great leader is not afraid of what others may think of him/her, but if he/she can be of greatest service. They don’t try to lead – it flows naturally and people are drawn to them because of how deeply they care and how other oriented they are. They love to be a team player vs a ball hog. They don’t see themselves as superior yet they recognize their stance and role.
Mary Polito
Candy Alviar
One who Walks the talk… practices what one preaches… one who apologizes directly to the person one is accountable to and not to others indirectly.
Lynda Napolitano Bocchichio
Listener, Caring & Listening. The latter seems to be the main quality required from leaders.
Joe Wright
Always has time to listen.
Kianaa Darice A
Listen more than they speak.
Tanya Regan
To listen
Terri Main
A servant’s heart. He leads by serving.
Lynet Mubaiwa
Empathetic, humble
Melissa Milburn
Wisdom 💯
Being honest and open and their journeys
Mary Pagano
Youngjin Chung
A good role model
Liana
I think being inspiring and showing people that they can achieve whatever they put their mind to!
Hadley
Mimi Damian
This quote by Chris Haggerty pretty much sums it up: “The goal of most leaders is to get the people to think highly of them as a leader, but the goal of the exceptional leader is to get the people to think highly of themselves.” Think about that for a minute. The number one quality of an exceptional leader is the ability to get people to think highly of themselves and to believe in themselves – to fall in love with themselves! A great leader always sees the good in other people and will create situations that will bring out the good in other people. The exceptional leader always has a great attitude. To become a great leader, you must first be an intelligent follower. A great leader has people following them because they want to, not because they have to. Napoleon Hill, in his bestselling book, Think and Grow Rich, lists the qualities of a great leader as follows: 1. Unwavering courage; 2. Self-control; 3. A keen sense of justice; 4. Definiteness of decision; 5. Definiteness of plans; 6. The habit of doing more than paid for; 7. A pleasing personality; 8. Sympathy and understanding; 9. Mastery of detail; 10. Willingness to assume full responsibility; 11. Cooperation 🥰
Donna S Boss Branstetter
Great listener, Self-discipline, Available.
Laurie Mendonça
Has Integrity, Listens well, Challenges, Is a good example, Holds accountable, and Speaks the truth in love.
Rachel B. Lee
I think great leaders are great listeners. Being a leader is listening, rather than you speak. It’s leading by example. It’s not just saying what to do, but to be what you want others to do. You know, and empathy, there’s this balance of holding a vision but also taking action on it. It’s having the vision and then actually, there’s a difference between the action takers and those that just say things and so I’m just so big on like, follow up. And if you say something, you do it