Four Traits of Effective Leaders, Those Who Lead By Personal Example, not By Titles

1) Share The Credit: You accomplished a goal but You did not do it alone. Your team worked right along side of You, (Or They Should Have). Let Your leadership know who helped You. Make Your team look good. Give them the spotlight, let them shine!

2) Shoulder The Blame: If You and Your team fail to meet a goal or a project does not go as well as planned, the blame stops with you. Have Your team's back and don't throw them under the bus for the sake of Your ego! If You need to give people feedback about their performance, do it in private.

3) Never Say "That's Not My Job": That oozesarrogance and laziness. Chip in to help with what needs to be done, even if it's not Your responsibility. Clean out the coffee pot, take that moldy dish out of the fridge and throw it in the trash. Do what needs to be done, even if no one is watching!

4) Be A Person Of Character: Leadership is more about character less about skills, and more about living by Your values. You don't want to be known as that leader, the one who's dishonest , sneaky, underhanded and unethical. No one wants to follow a leader that can not be trusted!

Remember, Respect Takes A Very Long Time To Build, And Only A Second To Lose! We All Need To Develop These Four Traits Of Effective Leadership!