FIVE (5) QUALITIES OF A GOOD LEADER

 FIVE (5) QUALITIES OF A GOOD LEADER

⦁ INTELIGENCE: not necessarily knowledge about detailed or highly specialized matters but good common sense.


⦁ INTEGRITY: the capacity to set standards of personal & official conduct which will command the respect of others.



⦁ PERSUASIVENESS: the capacity to win others to acceptance of the point of view embodied in decisions


⦁ JUDGEMENT: the capacity to know the strengths & weaknesses of the people one works with and how to obtain their maximum usefulness to the organization.



⦁ LOYALTY: devotion to a cause and also to the persons with whom one works, & willingness to defend subordinates against external attack.


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