What makes a good leader? 10 core competencies of good leadership from William S. Frank

Why are you a good leader? Here are ten core competencies of good leadership that will help motivate and improve your business results.

Source: Raven Young

"The Denver Business Journal has an article by William S. Frank titled These 10 core competencies comprise good leadership. The article is a "test to rate your leadership ability", complete with Categories, Scoring, Grading instructions, and thoughts on expanding your leadership skills. Also discussed is whether leadership can be learned, or if good leaders are just born. I found these 10 leadership competencies interesting enough to stand on there own:

These 10 core competencies comprise good leadership

Visionary.

Good leaders create a vision, a picture of the future, of where they want to take their organizations. Leaders can improve both the quality and acceptance of the vision by partnering with their peers, executive team, key employees throughout the organization or outside consultants. To get the best vision you need lots of ideas, and people support what they help to create.

Inspirational.

Once a vision is established, great leaders can inspire everyone in the company to get onboard. Employees in great organizations are passionate about what they do. This inspiration extends to customers, investors, suppliers, boards of directors and all other stakeholders.

This doesn't mean good leaders have to be charismatic or great public speakers, though some are. Leaders may inspire by example or in low-key ways. Every word and action demonstrates their passion for the vision.

Strategic. 

Strategic leaders are clear and directly face the strengths and weaknesses of their own organizations, as well as their external opportunities and threats. They think in terms of leverage, fishing where the big fish are and partnering to gain market advantage. While interested in one sale, they would rather create pipelines and strategic alliances that generate thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of sales."

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