Lowell Area Fire Department issued the following announcement on Mar 8.
What does Leadership look like...Let's look at some essential qualities that a leader should possess. 1.Enthusiasm. A true enthusiasm for the job. You can't fake it and when you have a genuine interest and love for your job it is contagious. 2. Integrity. This is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. They give proper credit for accomplishments and acknowledge mistakes. 3. Great Communication Skills. This is a quality that has a crucial role. If you cannot communicate clearly you cannot motivate, instruct nor discipline. Good communicators are also good listeners. 4. Loyalty. True loyalty is reciprocal. Loyalty means faithful, unswerving in allegiance.
This means that a great leader will understand that leading requires an attitude of service to their team, making certain the team has all the resources to do their job. Standing up for them in conflict and being by their side in crisis. 5. Decisiveness. This is the ability to make decisions quickly and confidently. There is not only decisions to be made but there are risks and consequences to each one was well. Too much effort placed on reaching a consensus will have a negative effect, decisions have to be made by an inventory of the best outcome for the entire team. 6. Empowerment. The ability to empower follows a good leader that has given their team the skills and the development necessary to allow them to act autonomously. Trusting your team fully and then lastly, Charisma. Charismatic leaders inspire and motivate followers to perform at high levels and to be committed to the organization or the cause. One could argue that leaders with charisma have teams that are better at sharing information, which leads to more innovation.
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