The Characteristics Of A Good Leader

Leadership is kind of a thing everybody would like to achieve but not each person is reaching. Being a good leader is not so easy in the contemporary society. The one, who really wants to achieve leadership beyond the borders of personal house, should be acknowledged and familiar with the character traits of being a good leader. Leader can come up in your sight in any social status when the situation is demanded the leader to be appeared. Although leaders in different fields of life have divergent characteristics, there are some common features that are similar to all of them. As for my personal point of view, a good leader is the one who has power over his life, who has his own rules and expectations, who is knowledgeable in his field and

A great art is to take necessary steps in advance, not wait until the troubles break out. 'The Prince' teach us that there is no point in the relying on the beneficent time. Procrastination can bring undesirable effects with which, probably, will be hard to deal after. 'War can not be avoided; it can only be defferred to the advantage of others.' (de Alvarez tr. 1989, ch. 3). To reverse it to the issue of a leadership – conflict cannot be avoided; it can only be postponed to the other's advantage. In other words, a good leader should be on the alert of integral conflicts in terms of anticipation conflict situations and transform them into an advantage. A smart leader not idles because of fear of causing conflict, as he knows that it can not be avoided, but can only be delayed to the advantage of the opponent. The head of the leader must always be cool, so he is able to analize the situation and predict conflicts in timely manner. With this it can find the benefits where, in fact, such benefits should not be. Thinking ahead is one of the main characteristic of both, good ruler and leader. By the time the situation happens, one should not only scroll it in mind but also to predict the possible development of it and as ideal – to find a solution with persuading it to the one`s

As Machiavelly argues, the way how the leadership was achieved also finds it`s impact in the future of the particular leader. Those who become leaders (as rulers) by the mercy of the fate, not because of the valor – fighting all the way to the goal, face difficulties later. Keeping in mind ones who grab leadership with the help of money or were granted it as a sign of mercy. In these cases leaders are wholly depending on the will of fortune and on those whom they are obliged to. Men without any talents and valors, lived their way in a modest title, have no room to learn how to command. They are like everything in nature what is borning and growing too fast, hence has no time to let any roots to get in and that’s why is facing death from the very first bad