The 8 Leadership Traits For Success

In this lecture, Debra focuses on the first of the eight traits that will help you become a great leader, which is to role model your company values.

You'll be covering three key questions:

• What are company values?

• Why are they important to companies and to you as a leader?

• And finally, how can you role model and live your company values?

Exercise: List some ideas and actions for using your company's values to lead your team.

In this lecture, Debra discusses the second of the eight traits that will help you be a great leader, which is about communicating openly and honestly.

You'll be covering two key questions:

• Why is it important for leaders to communicate openly and honestly?

• And how can you communicate as a leader in an open and honest way?

Debra looks at the third of the eight traits that will help you become a great leader, which is about inspiring your people, helping them to be their best, to reach higher and to succeed.

You'll be covering two key questions:

• Why is it important for leaders to inspire their employees?

• And how can you inspire your people?

Exercise: Develop a plan of how you will inspire members of your team.

In lecture five, Debra introduces the fourth of the eight traits that will help you become a great leader, which is about how leaders need to own their mistakes.

You'll be covering two key questions:

• Why is it important for leaders to own their mistakes?

• And how can you own your mistakes?

Debra's focus for Lecture 6 is on the fifth of the eight traits that will help you become a great leader, which is about recognising your people, showing them that you appreciate and value them.

You'll be covering two key questions:

• Why is it important for leaders to recognise their employees?

• And how can you recognise your people effectively?

Exercise: Schedule time in your calendar to recognise your people so that it can become a habit.

In Lecture 7, Debra introduces the sixth of the eight traits that will help you become a great leader, which is about making the right decisions and not necessarily the easiest or most popular decisions.

You'll be covering two key questions:

• Why is it important for leaders to make the right decisions?

• And how can you as a leader make the right decisions?

Debra explores the seventh of the eight traits that will help you be a great leader in Lecture 8, which is about trusting your people.

You'll be covering two key questions:

• Why is it important for leaders to trust their employees?

• And how can you as a leader trust your people?

In Lecture 9, Debra reaches the final of the eight traits that will help you become a great leader, which is about showing care and empathy for your people.

You'll be covering two key questions:

• Why is it important for leaders to care for their people?

• How can you show care and empathy for your people?

In this third and final section, Debra builds on the practical tools shared throughout the course by adding four more tips for being a great leader. She then guides you through an action plan that you can complete to bring all of your learnings from the course to life and into practice.

Download - There are 3 parts to the Action Plan document:

1. The first is to assess how well you do and live the trait now.

2. The second part is to rank them from high to low so that you can identify your development areas.

3. Finally, you’ll need to select the 2-4 areas where you need to develop and improve the most, putting them into your development plan.