LEADERSHIP TRAITS AND STYLES

• LEADERSHIP TRAITS

  • Assertiveness
  • Bearing
  • Confidence
  • Coolness under stress
  • Courage
  • Creativity
  • Decisiveness
  • Dependability
  • Empathy/Compassion
  • Endurance
  • Enthusiasm
  • Flexibility
  • Force
  • Humility
  • Initiative
  • Integrity
  • Judgment
  • Justice
  • Knowledge
  • Loyalty
  • Maturity
  • Self-discipline
  • Self-improvement
  • Sense of Humor
  • Sympathy
  • Tact
  • Unselfishness
  • Will
• Assertiveness – taking charge when necessary,

  making your ideas known and helping to define the

  problem and getting others to do the right thing to

  solve the problem
• Bearing – a person’s general appearance, carriage,

  deportment, and conduct.
• Confidence – the assurance that you and your men

  will be successful in whatever you do.
• Coolness under stress - a confident calmness

  in looks and behavior
• Courage – the mental quality that recognizes

  fear of danger or criticism, but enables a

  man to proceed in the face of it with

  calmness and firmness.
• Creativity – demonstrated by thinking of

  new and better goals, ideas, programs and

  solution to the problems.
• Decisiveness- the leader should be able to

  make decisions promptly and state them

  in a clear, forceful manner.
• Dependability – the certainty of proper performance of duty.
• Empathy or compassion – is being sensitive to the feelings, values, interests, and well-being of others.
• Endurance- the mental and physical stamina measured by the ability to withstand pain, fatigue, stress, and hardship.
• Enthusiasm – the display of sincere interest and zeal in the performance of duty
• Flexibility – the capability to make timely and appropriate changes in thinking, plans, and methods, when you see or when others convince you that there is a better way.
• Humility – admitting weaknesses in your

  character, knowledge, and skills. It is

  acknowledging mistakes and taking

  appropriate action to correct those mistakes.
• Initiative – taking action in absence of order
• Integrity – the uprightness and soundness of

  moral principles , the quality of truthfulness

  and honesty.
• Judgement- the ability to logically weigh

  facts and possible solutions on which to base

  sound decision.
• Justice - timely and fair disposition of cases.
• Knowledge – the should develop a program of learning to keep himself abreast of current development in his specialty, command, policies, and developments in local and world communities
• Loyalty – the quality of faithfulness to country, the

  army seniors, subordinates, and peers.
• Maturity – refers to the sense of responsibility a person has developed. Does not make impulsive decision based in childlike emotional desires of feelings.
• Self-discipline – forcing yourself to do duty what you ought to do regardless of how tired or unwilling you may be.
• Self-improvement – shown by reading, studying, seeking challenging assignments, and working to strengthen beliefs, values, ethics, character, knowledge, and skills.
• Sense of humor – shown by not taking yourself too seriously and contributing to the laughter and morale of the people around you.
• Tact – the ability to deal with others in a

  respectful manner.
• Unselfishness – a leader who avoids providing for his own comfort and personal advancement at the expense of others.
• Will – the perseverance to accomplish a goal, regardless of seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
• Force – ability to compel obedience.
• Sympathy – the capacity of sharing the feelings

  of those with whom one is associated.