leadership qualities
Traits of commanders
Leadership qualities are the traits and abilities that make someone effective at guiding, motivating, and directing others.
The phrase appears constantly in job postings, self-help books, and performance reviews: She demonstrated strong leadership qualities during the crisis.
Common examples include decisiveness, integrity, communication skills, and the ability to inspire.
The term is vague enough to mean whatever the speaker values most in leaders.
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- crisis managementHandling urgent threatening situations
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- visionAbility to see
big picture thinking · empathy · people skills · courage · leading by example · walking the talk · cultural competence · authenticity · fairness · communication · active listening · problem-solving · accountability · mentoring · foresight · decision making · integrity · moral compass
leadership qualitiessubmissiveness
Disposition to obey others
passivity · lack of vision · deference · obedience · docility
leadership qualitiesincompetence
Lack of required skill
weakness · ineptitude · indecisiveness · cowardice · untrustworthiness