Just close your eyes relax and think about your best boss ever. Maybe you are fortunate to have a great boss today or it is someone from years ago that you are recalling fondly. It is quite possible that you don’t have a boss at all, never had one, great for you. Now if you did come across such a highly respected person, did some of their positive things brush on you, did you imbibe certain attributes?
Share the Vision
Lets us take a look at these traits so that working professionals can learn and motivate others to aspire for and achieve more besides progressing their own career. True leaders make it a point to share their vision; it is in fact the most important thing to do. They effectively communicate a goal that is worth your time. You may have come across an annoying boss who actually is not able to understand the job and his entire authority vests in his or her job title only. It is important to understand that the boss cannot be and need not be the top expert in every facet of his job, that is quite impossible, what is required though is that the person needs to be competent with regards to various levels of work requirements be it jobs in Kolkata or jobs in Mumbai.
Respect People’s Time
Another thing that you will notice in truly great leaders is that they respect other people’s time as well as their own. As a matter of principle they are intolerant of boring meetings, making other people wait unnecessarily, they do not subscribe to the idea of mandatory fun, another thing you will notice is they tend to avoid long winded remarks where shorter ones suffice. Smart bosses set priorities, for they know very well that when you try and focus on everything you are actually not focusing on anything at all. A lack of focus has all the chances of metastasizing with ripple effect on to other areas; due to lack of priorities the team is not going to be moving together in the right direction.
Conclusion
Again a good boss would be open to sharing information rather than acting miserly on this front barring legitimate checks and balances with regards to controlling the timing of the information sharing. Overall a boss who is perceived as more transparent is going to win more respect from the team. Another thing about them is they are highly decisive, and praise effusively especially in public so that people are not left wondering how they are doing. They are empathetic, never forget to offer thanks, and are able to pull each and everyone together. They are not just content with having happy followers but go on to make more efficient leaders, last but not the least, they always celebrate wins no matter how small they seem to be at the moment.
