What are the characteristics of a good leader? |
There seem to be many characterstics that are quite essential to be a good leader. Honesty sure is an element, Charisma could also be very important and so on. Among all these characteristics that seem to be important, I believe that a good leader should obtain passion and calmness in order to be lead his / her team to the best outcome possible. First, the reason that I believe passion as one of the characteristic is becuase without passion for reaching a shared goal fo the team, the leader would not simply care for anything they do as a team. Passion is what encourages people to do things they may have not themselves capable and help them come up with better means to deal with various situations they are facing regardless of circumstances they are under. For example, Joan of Arc was a woman who was not as strong as other men, and, thus, was not favored to be a military leader. Despite all these, she had passion for reaching her goal : Saving France from the war and gloryfing the Lord. She fought hard and succeeded. Second characteristic that is very important in a good leadership is calmness. It is important because a leader of a group is not only responsible for herself/himself, but also for the followers of the leadership. I believe that leaders should not be shanken easily by weather of the world in order to get trust from all these followers. Jeff Francona, the head coach of Boston Redsox, led the team without an world series title in last one hundred years in 2004. Unfortunately, his team lost first three games to their biggest rival, New York Yankees, in the Divisional Series. Jeff stayed calm, didn't lose his cool, and he didn't give up on his team. Players began to trust him and themselves as Jeff did. They reversed the series and beat Yankees four to three at the end, and won the whole deal for the first time in last more than a hundred years. In conclusion, It is very hard to be a good leader because there are many obstacles that prevent people from reaching to their goals so easily. However, with passion for thier goal and calmness that would not be shaken in harsh situation, any person can surely lead his or her team to the best out come there is.
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