{"id":1958,"date":"2013-08-27T14:57:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T14:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/?p=601"},"modified":"2013-08-27T14:57:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T14:57:29","slug":"the-leadership-qualities-you-need-to-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/the-leadership-qualities-you-need-to-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"The Leadership Qualities You Need to Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership is a quality that is universal.\u00a0 Although it may be discussed more among upper management, showing these qualities at any level make you a better employee and team player.\u00a0 Those same qualities will also get you noticed around time for a promotion.\u00a0 Whether you are already a leader, or hoping to someday become one, look over these qualities and see how many you can say you have.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Honesty \u2013 This may seem like a given, but it can be far too underestimated.\u00a0 Whatever business you are in, no matter who you work for, honesty is a reflection of your character.\u00a0 If you lie to your staff, they will lie to you.\u00a0 This can be harder than you think, especially as a manager.\u00a0 It is sometimes easier to lie than to tell the truth on why a project failed or why an employee was passed up for promotion.\u00a0 As a leader you want to protect your employees, but you have to be honest or they will turn on you.<\/li>\n<li>Confidence \u2013 When the plan starts to crumble, you need to be able not only pick up the pieces, but see what the pieces can build next.\u00a0 Showing that you are calm and in control during a crisis will carry to the rest of the team.\u00a0 Confidence should be shown in your actions and words, and you shouldn\u2019t let others see your uncertainty.\u00a0 \u00a0Maintaining a sense of morale is important, as well as putting out fires that threaten your team\u2019s confidence.<\/li>\n<li>Delegate \u2013 Learning to delegate duties and assignments is a difficult task in itself.\u00a0 One must balance work between employees not only based on sheer amount, but also on specialty or strength.\u00a0 Knowing your employees strengths and weaknesses is key to running a well-oiled machine.<\/li>\n<li>Communication \u2013 Clearly communicating is one of the most important things to be stressed in this list. \u00a0This is just as important in text as it is in person, so be careful not to send ambiguous emails to your coworkers assuming they will understand what you mean.\u00a0 Knowing what you want may be clear in your head, but transferring that knowledge clearly and succinctly can be more difficult that you may imagine.<\/li>\n<li>Commitment \u2013 Don\u2019t spend every second talking about how much you hate your job, especially not in front of your employees.\u00a0 It\u2019s a stress inducer and can also make your staff feel useless.\u00a0 Why would you care about them if you don\u2019t care about the job?\u00a0 Be committed to the job and invested in your staff.\u00a0 If they win you win.\u00a0 Not only will you be happier from day to day, but you will create an environment that is more positive and productive.<\/li>\n<li>Humor \u2013 Now Human Resources staff may not agree with this one, but every good leader needs to be able to take a joke.\u00a0 If you are so stuck up that a funny comment or remark from an employee gets them reprimanded, well say goodbye to any employee loyalty.\u00a0 The workplace is meant for that, work, but that doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t have a giggle now and then.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership is a quality that is universal.\u00a0 Although it may [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[508],"tags":[1053,1054,392],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.poly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}