No leader will be perfect as leadership is an everyperson position. To be a good leader is a huge job, and every leader errs. Yet, there are qualities of leadership that truly make a difference--qualities, that despite the imperfection, lead to significant strength and success.
Honesty and Transparency
No one likes a liar. When leaders are honest and transparent, everyone feels better, gains trust, and is able to do a good job.
Apt Vision and Mission
When leaders lead with a clear, transparent, and inclusive sense of mission and vision, the entire organization profits.
Empathy, Understanding, and Compassion
Good leaders don't expect people to be perfect, and they work to acknowledge people's strengths and support their shortcomings. Good leaders know those they work with, and care about their lives as well as their good work.
Aims Greater than Themselves
The best leaders are not wholly self focused. They don't lead to solely prop up their own wealth, privilege, and power, but they work for you and the collective mission and vision you all share, a positive vision and mission that makes better in the world.
Civil, Polite, and Kind
Great leaders have positive demeanors. They are civil, polite, and kind in honest, heartfelt ways. They are confident in ways that enable them to stay calm even in the toughest situations.
Listeners
Great leaders are wonderful listeners. They are also comfortable changing their minds and compromising if it means that people, the mission, and the vision will be better served.
Reasonable
Great leaders inspire people to work hard and do their best, but they don't expect people to be superhuman, great leaders have reasonable, holistic expectations.
Donald Tump and his team of bullies, liars, and self-serving family members, cronies, and criminals are weak, self-serving, dangerous, and destructive leaders. They put all of us in harm's way via their lethargy, irresponsibility, ignorance, and me-first perspectives and actions. It's time for stronger, better leadership. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the first step in that direction. We cannot sustain four more years of the Trump death and disaters. Time for change.