How to Describe Your Leadership Skills to Others

By | September 22, 2019

[September 22, 2019]  Yes, even if you’re an introvert and afraid of asking for a ride. Only the concept of leadership in our information age has so many meanings and nuances that you simply cannot imagine how to develop it properly. On the one hand, it seems like an opportunity to sit at the top and take over the world. After all, leaders decide and manage. But in fact, the essence of leadership is different.

As a matter of fact, you can become a leader just by taking people around you, get your hands on it, and take the opportunity of growing and success. Then it’s already very difficult to dictate your temple. It is necessary to submit proposals, to inspire, to be as close as possible to people of your command. A successful person can be considered as one who has an excess (surplus) of four vital resources — time, energy, status and money. Moreover, the selected sequence is not accidental:

  • An individual’s free time is obtained as a result of desire.
  • Free energy as a result of working on yourself.
  • Excess status as a result of work on oneself and the environment.
  • And money as a result of skillful use of the first three resources.

And here is that status. This is leadership. Even the most insignificant, at least in some ways, but still leadership is a status. Business knowledge and activities. Any leader, as a rule, is well-prepared before getting into a certain area or industry. Perfect preparation is impossible to achieve. He does it well enough to manage people and processes and understand what is at stake. First of all, when we want to learn something about a leader, we ask if the manager is able to thank the staff. Does he do this often? Can he apologize? Can he repent? Moreover, the leader must demonstrate the uniqueness of every individual in the company.

Energy and independence.

A leader can work long and efficiently. This does not necessarily mean overwork, but good leaders can focus on an important task for a long time. Sometimes this skill is simply necessary. For example, starting a new project or when problems arise. As a person who takes the initiative, he naturally makes every effort to get the necessary solution. Leaders always strive for the changes that are needed to improve the situation. It is almost impossible to become a leader without persistence.

Open-mindedness.

The leader does not have to think unilaterally. You want to be the manager setting by example. Be able to take the points of view of others, read, travel, learn and discover new cultures and, of course, read interesting books. The experts from the successful resume writing company Resume Get are sure that the more people are in your circle of communication with different perspectives, with different experiences and different spheres of activity, the more experience you accept. You become more effective day by day. If you think and go, spinning on the fundamental rice, they will see the leader stretching out to stand.

First listen to another, then explain your own. We listen to the ideas and feelings of others. We want to see the situation from the perspective of another. We listen and don’t interrupt. We listen to our ears, eyes and heart. We confidently express our ideas. These are all actions, mistakes, and experience. If you accept a good offer and start doing what you have never done before, you are already a leader.

Author: Barbara Elliott

Barbara Elliott is a writer and editor with an international company. She writes motivational articles on leadership and self-growing. Barbara learns Spanish, Chinese and Turkish to develop her brain.

9 thoughts on “How to Describe Your Leadership Skills to Others

  1. Dennis Mathes

    Well-written article Ms Elliott. Thank you. This is not your first article on Gen. Satterfield’s blog. Welcome back.

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  2. Darwin Lippe

    I everyone, I’m new to this leadership blog. I hope that I’ve found a place for good conversation and a place to think out loud. ?

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    1. Harry Donner

      Welcome, Darwin. I think you will find this blog to be one that enlightens your mind and pushes your limits. Good luck. Be sure to always read the comments section. We often elaborate, challenge, and confirm what is written here, either by Gen. Satterfield or his guest bloggers.

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  3. Max Foster

    Overall good article but does not tackle the idea that resilience (achieved thru fighting demons) is a key part of success. You are correct, however, that the more you work, the more you can work. We learn how to work longer hours and more efficiently by doing it and learning from it.

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    1. Janna Faulkner

      Excellent point, Max. But she has written a very informative article and one that can spur debate. Thinking! Yes, that is what this article helps me with.

      Reply
  4. Otto Z. Zuckermann

    Very interesting, Barbara. I see you might just be a bit of a philosopher.

    Reply

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