What makes a good leader

Undoubtedly, most leaders would agree that good leadership in an organisation is about helping their employees be their best and achieving their best work. Nothing new in that, but why do so many fail to achieve this? The attributes of what good leadership in an organisation look like are well researched and widely known, such as: Giving people space.Giving them worthwhile and challenging projects to do.Give them help and support when required.A pat on the back when they do a good job. Despite this, study after study finds that, on average, many leaders simply fail to deliver that. There seems to be a wide gap between what we know we should do and what we do, Theory vs Practice. Research finds that one of the common reasons for this is…

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Leadership and Trust

To trust someone is to have a firm belief in their reliability, truthfulness and their ability. It is a dynamic interpersonal link between people with unique implications for organisations and its employees. It is the belief where one can rely on another person’s actions, words and that they have good intentions of sticking to their given promises. Trust is most meaningful when one party is vulnerable or at risk to another party, which makes it critical for relationships between a leader and a follower, whom have different roles, levels of status and power. Because trust is a relational concept which occurs between different people, both the leader and follower play a crucial role in creating and sustaining a trusting relationship. Trust, between leaders and followers, is developed through a dynamic…

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