Understanding the Characteristics of Effective Leadership

Abstract

In all types of organizations, the individuals in leadership positions are required to possess certain characteristics. The characteristics of effective leadership are regarded as the key to do well in one’s job duties and responsibilities, achieve professional goals and lead to up-gradation of the overall structure of the organizations. Throughout the job duties of leaders, they need to put emphasis on honing of these characteristics. As a consequence, they will develop motivation among employees towards the implementation of various types of job duties and responsibilities. The reason being, in order to lead to enhancement of the overall structure of the organizations, the leaders and employees need to be well-versed in terms of their job duties and responsibilities. Furthermore, they need to be informative in terms of methodologies and procedures. The individuals in leadership positions are required to hone their confidence levels. They need to be confident that they will overcome impediments and carry out their tasks successfully. Furthermore, the leaders will be able to augment their abilities to work under stress. It is the job duty of leaders to train and develop motivation among human resources towards the implementation of their job duties and responsibilities. Therefore, it can be stated, it is of utmost significance to understand the characteristics of effective leadership. The main concepts that are taken into account in this research paper are, characteristics of effective leadership and measures required to enrich the characteristics of effective leadership.