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Distinguished friends & listeners of #navigatewithidy,how are you today? We trust you are keeping well & gearing up for the festive season.

On Tuesday,@IdyEnang continued with the conversation on #servantleadership. Here are the excerpts from the Tuesday edition.

Leadership is something that permeates every strata of society right from our homes to our communities, to our offices, to our places of work, to where we play and to whatever we do.

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Leadership is something or a subject, art and science that is very necessary to bring things to bear.

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Vital characteristics and traits of a good leader are:
1. A leader listens – they are patient & they work at convincing their followers that they are on the right path which results is an empathy between those that they lead.

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2. They demonstrate consistency in attitude & performance – their actions, responses are reasonably predictable but they never lose their cool & you will never find them in any case of emotional struggle

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3. They concentrate on thinking problems through without getting tangled in the underbrush of complexity.

4. They share ideas – they don’t hoard knowledge.

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5. They believe it is imperative to be absolutely open – transparency. Their lives are there in the open constantly & consistently building total trust.

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Friends, who are your leaders? Who are you aspiring to be like? Who are those that are leading you now?

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What are those traits & characteristics that you can say you have emulated from these men and women that have helped me and helping me to be a better person & better leader.

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If you look through the entire spectrum of those that are leading you or aspiring to lead you, and they don’t have traits and characteristics that can help, build, form, or nurture you, then you are backing the wrong horse.

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The ten (10) most important traits of an Effective Leader:

1. A leader must have the capacity to motivate or inspire. To generate excitement, to turn people on to be alive.

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A leader without a strong capacity to motivate cannot inspire the followers, and if you aren’t inspired, the chances of being alive (being alive i.mplies being alive to your responsibilities...

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...to that which you are expected to do, alive to harness the potential that God has placed in you). You need some leader or person of dignity to help you push that envelope.

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2. An effective leader or manager must have a sense of confidence & enthusiasm: confidence is very key and if you don’t have a leader with confidence & a sense of enthusiasm around you...

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...or perhaps you have someone who lives under the influence of something else to get confidence, then you may be in trouble.3

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3. If you want an effective leader, he/she has to be sensitive to others: Empathy is key. A Leader must feed the troops & care for their followers. When a leader does not feed the troops but takes away from them, that person isn't a leader
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4. Intelligence & Knowledge:When you want to find an effective leader, that person must come with a measure of intelligence &knowledge. It's the perception of competence. There is nothing as great as having a leader who knows his/her onions
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Intelligence & knowledge are solid elements that give you a sense of confidence. If you do not have an intelligent & knowledgeable leader, mediocrity becomes the order of the day.

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5. One who is present at key moments: there is nothing like having a leader that is present, being available when the troops need you. This is the main rationale behind the concept of management by walking around (MWA).

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However, it is not so important how often you walk around but that you have made it your business to be there when the going is rough for your people or team members.

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When the going is rough for them, you don’t need them to wear solemn looks, but you should be able to bring them out.

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6. The leader must avoid the appearance of arrogance: this is something that we must all be careful about.

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When you look for an effective leader, one who stands the test of time, you will see that he/she will avoid the appearance of arrogance.

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They are quick to apologize when they have wronged you but when they are not able to, you will know they have worn arrogance as a cloak.

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7. A leader that is not timid or tentative: followers respect decisiveness in a business leader and unhesitating courage. When you as a leader decide to do something, do it.

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8. One who has never been petty or small; never destroying a person’s dignity. That is never being mean or seeking retribution out of spite.

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9. Being perceived to be open: it is imperative you are who you present yourself to be. If you present yourself to be a person of integrity, be integrity personified. If you present yourself to be a thinker, be thinking-personified.

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Many times, people present themselves to be one-way but when they appear, they are just the devil himself. Don’t play games, don’t be a hypocrite.

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When you want to be a leader that will stand through the test of time, what will men say about you? What is your legacy? What will be written on your epitaph when you are dead?

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10. Being effective in deciding without either being rash or tentative i.e. making decisions confidently & without arrogance. All it takes is you sitting within the ambits of Judgment, Drive & Influence (JDI).

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A man who will put some analytical rigor is a leader, who will analyze the facts, be able to spot the differences, see through, build a frame around it, and then have a balanced judgment.

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A balanced judgment is one that comes between the head & the heart. The head is the place of thinking, the heart is the place of feeling.

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Leadership is upon each one of us. If you want to be the future you want to see, you must invest in yourself, in the people following you, starting from your home, starting from your sphere of influence...

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...starting from that little corner you will dismiss easily, or even your school alumni associations. Let’s start fixing this country by fixing the mindsets.

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Do not in any way take people or yourself for granted because there are certain things that are required. The main item is the power of accessibility. Be accessible to your children or the people you are guarding if you are a guardian.

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If you are a manager, leader, parent, be accessible all the time.

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A great part of managerial strength stems from a transfer of knowledge within the ecosystem organization because people want to learn.

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Some learn either by seeing, by visualizing or by hearing while some learn by understanding but it takes someone to adequately stay in that space.

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If we want our country to succeed, each of us must be co-investors, we must have access to each other. Not access to do evil, but access to be able to infuse knowledge, intelligence, and capacity.

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To inspire, to motivate people, to generate excitement, create a sense of confidence, to be sensitive, to be empathetic to people, and to be present.

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Leadership is what keeps. Leadership is what preserves and leadership is what makes alive.

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We have come to the end of these excerpts, we hope you will find it insightful to your leadership journey.

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