Key Leadership Qualities

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Developing a strong and successful relationship involves several key qualities. One of these qualities is Trust. Being able to have trust is important to your career and your company success.

Below are 5 tips on how to build trust as a leader.

1. Be an open and an effective communicator

- Effective Communication is a key reason for your success. It's important for leaders to be open and effective when communicating a message. This is a sign of great leadership. Employees look to YOU as their leaders to be open and honest with them. Regardless of whether you are giving good or bad feedback, discussing your team's progress or company's growth, be open. Your employees want to feel like they are part of the bigger picture. So communicate openly, because without this it will be hard to build trust.

2. Don't set your employees up to fail …show more content…

As a leader, you must make sure that you set clear expectations, have an open two-way line of communication with your employees. Yes, it's important to hold your employees accountable, but don't let that escalate out of control. Don't let situations become an opportunity to use an employee as an escape coat for your failure. When a mistake happens, own it, and don't place blame. Remember. Leadership starts with YOU.

1. Lead by example and demonstrated that you can be trusted

John Maxwell says,"A leader knows the way, goes the way and shows the way". Nothing speaks more loudly when the leaders' behavior models their actions. This not only influences your employees' actions but can also drive employee results. It is also important that leaders be consistent. Don't just talk the talk, walk the walk. Do what you say you are going to do, not just sometimes, but all the time. This builds trust, not just for today but for years to come.

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