A Great Leader Guides!

A leader is a person who guides others toward a common goal, showing the way by example, and creating an environment in which other team members feel actively involved in the entire process. A leader is not the boss of the team but, instead, the person that is committed to carrying out the mission of the Venture. Below are some qualities a strong leader may possess.

Qualities of a Leader

Good Listener:

Your teammates may have a great way to improve your idea. By keeping your mind open to other ideas, you can come up with new ways to accomplish your goals. It is your job to make sure that everyone in the group is being heard. Listen to their ideas and accept their constructive criticisms.

Focused:

Constantly remind yourself and the group of your Venture’s goals and mission. If you stay on track and keep others on track, the team will stay motivated and be more productive. As leader of the group, it is important that you schedule time to meet with your Venture Team to establish and check-in about the goals you hope to achieve.

Organized:

A leader can set the tone for the team. A leader who is organized helps motivate team members to be organized as well.

Available:

As a leader, you’re responsible for a lot and you’re probably going to be very busy at times. However, you still need to find time to talk with your team. A good way to do this is to set frequent group meetings, so that no question or concern goes too long without attention.

Include others:

A leader should not do all the work. Doing everything yourself is a poor use of time and prevents your Venture from growing. Instead, a leader should work with his/her teammates and learn how to delegate responsibility while being mindful of everyone’s interests, goals, and strengths.

Decisive:

Although an important part of being a leader involves listening to the people around you, remember that you are not always going to be able to reach a compromise. When this happens, don’t be afraid to make the final decision, even if some team members disagree with you.

Confident:

This could be the most important characteristic of a leader. If you don’t believe in yourself and the success of your Venture, no one else will. Show others that you are dedicated, intelligent, and proud of what you are doing.

How to Lead!

Contrary to popular belief leaders are not only born, but they are also made. However, made leaders have to work a little harder than born leaders to make sure they are successful and effective. The following steps will assist you in becoming a better leader, whether you are already one or desire to be one.

Make decisions. As a leader, making decisions will be one of your first objectives. You have to be able to make smart decisions without hesitation or regard for yourself

Learn how to take smart risks. These are all part of the game, regardless of the business of industry. You have to be ready and confident enough to take smart risks. People are told all their lives not to risk anything. These individuals were never and will never be leaders. To be successful in a business, leaders have to be able to take calculated risks.

Know how to motivate others around you. Know the members of your team. Understand what makes them tick. By motivating your co-workers and team members, your company/business will be more successful than ever.

Communicate well. Communication can either build a business stronger or tear it down to the foundation. Be honest in your communication with everyone you come in contact with. Honesty will strengthen the respect people have for you, as well as solidifying business relationships.

Guide others to success. As a leader, you cannot be solely concerned with your own success. You have to be concerned with the success of others in your organization as well. Without this guidance, the business will not thrive forever.

Set personal and team goals. You and your co-workers will not be working toward anything if you do not set goals. You should have personal goals but you should also get goals for the entire team as well. Set all goals lofty, but attainable.

Take criticism well. Remember you will never be able to make everybody happy. Because of this, you need to look at all criticism as constructive criticism. In other words, take all criticism and see what you can make positive out of it.

Stand strong in your beliefs regardless of who is standing with you or against you. You may not always be a popular person because of this but you will be a very successful and respected leader.

Be fair. To your customers, co-workers, and anybody else you come in contact with. As long as you remain fair to them, they will honor you with the same thing.

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1) I love to laugh… even at the expense of others. (People are funny).
2) My family and close friends mean the world to me. They are the one’s holding the shovel… either to dig me out of a hole or to shovel the crap that sometimes surrounds me.
3) I don’t have to talk to someone daily to build relationships. If you were invited to participate in this note, you had me at HOLA!
4) If I make fun of you, that means I like you. It’s never my intention to offend anyone (oh wait, but I love to get a reaction out of people.) I love to imitate accents and dialects.
5) Traveling and meeting people are my thing. Many of my close friends were met outside of Miami. Consider yourself one of them!
6) Although I was born in Cuba, I’m a Southerner at heart. I love the South and have embraced the culture, food and people….the South shall rise again!
7) Although I’m a Southerner at heart, my Cuban culture and family in Cuba are my passion. I’ve never met a Cuban who was a stranger. We all have someone who is still on the island.
8) Music is my thing! I love any type of music. I have 3 IPods and a Zune, just because I’m a music hog! You name it, I got it!
9) My goal is to travel to 6 more states and I would have conquered all 50 of them. Which ones? Ask me!
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