| Clarity | Clear goals | The ability to know where the team needs to be
· Three months
· Six months from now
Having a VISION for the future | What would happen to the person who did NOT know exactly what he/she wanted the team to achieve; If he / she could offer no sense of direction | How would you score yourself, out of ten, for CLEAR goal focus? |
| Clarity | Clear communication | The ability to explain ideas and plans such that other people UNDERSTAND. They do not necessarily have to agree at first, but you must make yourself UNDERSTOOD. | What would happen to the person who could NOT make themselves understood,He / she says to himself “I know what I mean but I can’t explain it”? | How would you score yourself, out of ten, for the ability to explain yourself and make yourself UNDERSTOOD? |
| Rationality | Rational planner | The leader manager must be able to plan ahead:
Must be able to act NOW to avoid problems NEXT year.
That means:
Time management
Prioritising Delegating and making decisions. | As opposed to those who do NOT management their time and do not plan ahead. They put off making decisions and do not prioritise well.They are always on the back foot, in reaction to events. | How would you score yourself out of ten for the ability to manage time and organise practical plans that are likely to work. |
| Rationality | Rational conflict | The person who can resolve interpersonal conflict quickly calmly and according to named principles, and who knows when it is right to compromise and when not to. | As opposed to the person who becomes emotional during a conflict situation and makes a bad situation worse by: saying too much, or saying the wrong thing oravoiding the issue and hoping that it will go away on its own. | How would you score yourself, out of ten, for The ability to handle conflict, calmly, rationally and quickly?You do it in such a way that reduces bad feelings. |
| Positive emotion | Inspire self | The ability to self motivate and create confidence in oneself especially during tough times. | As opposed to the people who CANNOT self motivate and becomes disheartened and feels defeated. They become depressed, cynical, and need everything to be going their way. | How would you score yourself, out of ten, for the ability to manage your own mind and emotions so that you are able to ride the storms and feel strong within yourself: in spite of the bad things that happen. |
| Positive emotion | Inspire others | If you have done the other five, you can now do the last one: Inspire others and create a positive productive atmosphere, irrespective of the present difficulties. | As opposed to those people who unnerve, deflate and unsettle their colleagues by their unrelenting pessimism, lack of hope and negative language | How would you score yourself out of ten for The ability to inspire others around you who may be feeling down or defeated, and replace that feeing with a goal, a plan and a feeling of optimism and strength? |
