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Introduction

Being a leader is not what a lot of people think it is. There is a certain romanticism that many people associate with leadership. They think it means being fearless, in-charge, and the ultimate authority within a power structure.

Thus, leadership tends to appeal to people who enjoy power. Often that results in leaders who wield said power unwisely, which results in the company – and the leader – crashing and burning.

Just as common is the unwilling leader: the leader who has their leadership thrust upon them by their organization with zero say in the matter. This person is selected to become a leader because of good work they have done, or because of their loyalty to the company – with little attention paid to whether or not they would actually make a good leader.

Because just like programming, accounting, and project management… leadership is a skill. It’s a skill that you can have a natural affinity for, and it’s a skill that you can develop and cultivate. But it’s certainly a skill and one that you need to treat as such when becoming the best leader you can become.

The good news is that while this skill is an innate trait for some, it’s also one that we can train and develop with practice and dedication. In this short report, you’ll learn five habits of empowering leaders that you can learn from.

Remaining Calm

One of the single and most powerful habits of a truly empowering leader is to stay calm no matter what is going on around them.

What is important to understand, is that as a leader, it is your job to set the “tone” for the office. Your followers will always look to you for the appropriate response to any given situation.

Imagine then for a moment that you have just learned your company is in serious debt, and that there are going to need to be lay-offs. You have two options now: one is to panic, shout, and potentially even blame your staff (this is an example of poor EQ, which is discussed in a moment). The other option is to remain calm and collected, and to deliver the news in an honest but optimistic manner.

Your choice here is extremely crucial, because it will define the way that your team reacts as well. When you are in a financial crisis as a company, the last thing you need is for all your staff to stop working properly. When staff panic, they of course do stop working properly.

That’s why it’s the leader’s job to remain calm, and to communicate to their team that it is okay to be calm.

Incidentally, this is also one of the traits that is considered to be “alpha” by many – the ability to control your own emotion and to make the decision that is best for the group as a whole.

Making Quick Decisions

Already we can see that the truly empowering leader is nothing like the caricature version that we discussed at the start of this report. Shouting and blustering just creates ill feelings, which are not conducive to a highly productive and happy team.

In fact, your position is one that should be taken with a noble calmness. Your role is to sacrifice yourself, by putting your emotional needs secondary to the group. That means remaining totally calm, when the world is collapsing around you – so that your team can continue to work to the best of their ability.

Likewise, it is also your job to take responsibility when things do go wrong. It is this concern that in fact prevents many people from becoming natural leaders.
Let’s step back for a moment and look at a mundane, domestic example. Let’s imagine that you are shopping for food with your partner, when they ask which flavor of soup you want for dinner. A common response is to say “I don’t mind.”

What does this really mean? It usually means that you want the other person to be happy, so they should choose.

BUT in doing this, you have actually just shifted responsibility onto that person. Now it is up to them to choose soup that will result in your evening being a good one or a bad one.

And perhaps the real reason you didn’t want to make that decision, is because you didn’t want them to be unhappy with you!

Perhaps you can relate, or perhaps you can just imagine how this might play out. But ultimately, that desire to be “liked” or “in the good books,” has actually placed more pressure and stress on the other person AND made you seem indecisive and a weak leader.

Now this same thing plays out in the office, every time you are asked to make a decision about purchasing, about branding, or about marketing… and you defer or delay.
We umm and ahhh often because we don’t want to take responsibility and we don’t want to commit to what might turn out to be a wrong decision. But strong leaders NEED to take responsibility, and they need to take decisive action that will inspire their team.

Empathising

One of the most important traits of any great leader is emotional intelligence or “EQ.” This term refers to your ability to understand the emotions – and therefore motivations – of other people.

As a leader, this will give you the ability to understand why someone might be motivated to complete the work you set, or why they might not feel inclined to complete it at all.

Likewise, it means that you can better choose the correct language and phrasing to get the desired response out of someone. This is particularly important – as the way you deliver an instruction can completely change its tone and thus its likelihood of being followed through on.

This is something that a LOT of leader’s lack, and it can lead to huge difficulties within office environments.

The good news is that emotional intelligence is something that can be trained. It effectively amounts to sensitivity.

But how do you go about measuring such an abstract concept? Well that all depends on who you ask and in fact there are three separate 'models' of EQ each with their own views on the subject.

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