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Cover Story leaders. One should strive on every On the other side of the level of his/her career to develop the communication, the team should traits of leadership. also feel free to give feedback to the leader. The leader should Great Leaders know whether the defined targets are achievable and the defined What is the DNA of a great leader? processes are working to achieve the What makes a leader great? objectives. Feedback is an important Although everyone has a personal mechanism to ensure that the effort list, there is at least some consensus is progressing in the right direction on the common qualities of a great and there are no forces working to leader. According to an article in distract the efforts. In such cases, Forbes, the essential qualities of a the leader should change the course leader are as follows: accordingly to get to the desired objectives. • Honesty Whatever your personal beliefs, but • Confidence when it comes to a leader, one can A leader should be confident of only earn respect of the team when his/her objective as well as his/ one is honest. People want to work her own capabilities to achieve the for a team or company whose leader objective. It is an integral quality they can trust and trust can only be of a leader which is required all created with honesty and values. along the way. Winds can change and efforts can go waste and in As it is said, the culture of an such times, the team always looks organisation comes from the top; towards its leader. if the leader is honest, the team quickly picks up. A leader needs to The leader should be confident define the core values of the group to know that in spite of the and live those values to become the headwinds, the team is on the role model for the team. right course and sustained effort would bear the desired fruit. If the • Communication leader cannot show the desired Communication plays a vital role in level of confidence, the team leading a group and this process of cannot be motivated to put in their communication should always be full effort. two-way. After defining the values, vision and mission, a leader should • Inspiration communicate these to the members The leader should be inspired and of the team. The team would be invested in the objectives to inspire motivated to work for the defined others. Vision of Larry Page and goals when they know the objectives Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, clearly and their way of working inspired millions of others. A team would be governed by the defined can only work whole hearted if the values. leaders can inspire them. Inspiration April - June 2016 The Pakistan Accountant 9