Whats a good leader?

Yes, you are right...being a good leader doesn't only mean to lead and be the "boss"..You should be ready to listen to your people and have good decision-making skills too. Like Jesus said, in order to be a leader, you need to serve others first..

Hi my friend! The good leader is always having know this steps. 1. A good leader is always listened to his/her members. 2. A good leader have not fear on what struggle comes in his/her group. 3. A good leader have faith and cheer power to up more his/her team. 4. A good leader always dictate and do a quick solution on what problem that's come to his/her group. 5. A good leader always trust and honest to his/her team. 6. A good leader know when he/she need to make a funny moments to cheer more and make a bonding moments. 7. A good leader always there to sympathize on his/her team of what sadness are come. 8 A good leader know how to calculate and teach more his/her team. 9 A good leader do the first attack, before his/her team go on. 10.And a very good leader have a very top personalty like this "KINDNESS". That's all of being a good leader. And to my story I'll became a leader before and it's many times. so that's why i know this all.

a good leader should posses a right attitude to make his/her people follow him. You should have be positive in all ways. He should take responsibilities and hard work to be credible to whatever situations..

To be a good leader you should learn how to balance your opinion and others' opinions. taking into account the advantages and disadvantages of what their saying or being able to collaborate your opinion and your member's.

A good leader is the one who has always been a good follower. It is also a factor if you are a good listener and you heed the advice of others, whether they're superior or inferior to you. You weigh your options when you are making decisions, listen closely for everyone's advice and ask yourself if the decision that you will make will affect and how it will affect everyone. I remember a quote that goes something like this, "How to tell if a person will make a good leader or not? Simply observe him and look at how he has been as a follower."

I think it is better to know what is the main opinion of a team. It is important to ask ideas from everyone. What do they think? And after the leader has to decide, taking into consideration these opinions. But it is not necessary that the idea of the leader is the same of his team.

I never thought I'd be a leader myself and I'm still learning and have a long ways to go before I can say that I'm a good leader. But just some of the things I know so far are: A good leader must have great character and charisma. A good leader is a good follower and must set as an example to his followers. A good leader should be driven to achieve excellence. A good leader must know how to make important decisions. A good leader must know how to control his emotions and how to remain calm.

I agree that being a good listener should be one of the quiteria for being a good leader. However, you still need to be able to use your resources wisely, including human resources. You should assign the best job for the best person. This will make the whole progress much more efficient as these people can fully utilise their abilities while performing their work.

Comming from a business owner you must be a good listener. But you also have to take into consideration who the ideas are comming from. when you think about it a general in a war is not going to take advice froma 1st rank private. and a foreman is not going to take advice from a 1st year laborer. It is however good to listen and aknowlege them and explain to them why the idea would not work. Great leadership is not always about barking orders but teaching the leaders of tommorrow right from wrong.

There's a lot of factors that needs to be considered when talking about good leadership. It's not just about decision making. But as to your question, I don't have a definite answer, why? Because, at times you need to decide on your own, or pursue what you think is for the general welfare, and sometimes, you may be wrong, and you need to listen to your constituents. It's not about being fixed into "Always get influenced" or "Always decide on your own" because actually, decision making should require a lot of SWOT analysis... specially when it's crucial decisions for the organization, or company. :D God bless you! HAve a happy life! :D

Reminds me of something. Seemingly, it's hard to define it as a whole because the attributes one should possess depend on what area it could probably be. But I'd rather stick onto the statement's, he does not only tell people the how's and what's because he himself should know those as well. Why? Because we should lead by example. =)

Warning - you're opening a Pandora's box here. A good leader is hard to define simply becuase his underlings have different perceptions, opinions and expectations of that said leader. What you listed in your post is the ideal characteristics of a leader - however, not all these can be found in a single person. God also help the person who do embody those said traits because the said person will mostly likely be pressured into being a puppet rather than a person who had a will and a brain of his own. I'm not saying that you had wrong and invalid points but all you discussed are in the manner of interpretation. Personally, a good leader is a good listener - to his conscience, gut and to his people. True leaders don't always make popular choices based on the opinions of the majority (just because the majority wants it, doesn't make it realistic or feasible in any given situation). Listening is important but also filtering the information you are listening is also important.