The element of leadership

The element of leadership is the skills and the factor that a leader should have in order to lead the group and motivate the team members. There are many key element depends on the needs of the project. Normally, the element of the leadership could be as following: (Farmer 2010.)

Ability to setting the goal

A leader should have the ability to set the goal. Often, this is prefers to setting time, and methods to achieve the goal. The job of the leader is to identify the target and what the result the group want to achieve. After that the leader will have communicated with the team by divided the task and if the leader is not able to identify the goal and task, it is a sign of weak leadership skills. (Farmer 2010.)

Communication

The communication is one of the key elements of leadership. In a business world, many important people have a great communication skill with their people and outsider. A leader should have the ability of knowing how to communicate with others. They have to know how to use words, tone, time and body language. This will affect not only internal but the also the external communication. (Farmer 2010.)

Making decision and responsible

A leader should be decisive. They should make the good decision quickly and based on the logical evaluation of fact. The decision that leader made should not become by guess on arrogant choice. A leader should not be indecision because it will cause the loss of effectiveness. A leader should always remember that the decision have to be made after there is a fact supported that. Moreover, that leader should be responsible for the task and the team action. (Farmer 2010.)

Listening skills

The leader has to be a good listener. In many cases that the project fails because the leader did not listen to the others. The comment from others usually gives the advantage to team but if a person who led the group could not listen and adopt that it might lead the project to the failure. (Farmer 2010.)

Contribution

The leader should be able to contribute the team by bringing the team spirit. If all the team members contribute to team with full spirit, it is quite sure that each member will work with their full ability and its will help the team to have the better result. The leader should know and understand each member position and motivate them in the suitable way. (Simard 2012.)

Trust

As s leader, they should able to establish the confident, not only themselves but each team member. Every one of the team should trust their leader and understand that their leader will lead to the successful. It is the responsibility of leader in trust-building between members. (Simard 2012.)

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