Work On These Characteristics To Build Your Leadership

What are the characteristics of a great leader? Here is a list of leadership qualities to implement as a manager that will ensure happiness among your team members:

Passion

“You must love what you do... You lead by example not because you feel like it’s what you should do, but because it is your way of life.”—Joe Perez, cofounder, Tastemade

Innovation

“In any system with finite resources and infinite expansion of population—like your business, or like all of humanity—innovation is essential for not only success, but also survival. The innovators are our leaders. You cannot separate the two. Whether it is by thought, technology or organization, innovation is our only hope to solve our challenges.”—Aubrey Marcus, founder, Onnit

Patience

“Patience is really courage that... [tests] your commitment to your cause. The path to great things is always tough, but the best leaders understand when to abandon the cause and when to stay the course. If your vision is bold enough, there will be hundreds of reasons why it 'can’t be done’ and plenty of doubters. A lot of things have to come together—external markets, competition, financing, consumer demand and always a little luck—to pull off something big.”—Dan Brian, COO, WhipClip

Wonkiness

“Understanding the underlying numbers is the best thing I’ve done for my business. As we have a subscription-based service, the biggest impact on our bottom line was to decrease our churn rate. Being able to nudge that number from 6 percent to 4 Percent meant a 50 percent increase in the average customer’s lifetime value. We would not have known to focus on this metric without being able to accurately analyze our data.”—Sol Orwell, cofounder, Examine.com

Source: Entrepreneur