LEADERSHIP ESSENTIALS
Focus on quality by:
• Setting performance standards
• Outlining realistic goals
• Striving to ensure the highest quality with all objectives
• Maintaining a checklist of your duties and performance of duties
When leading your team, you should:
• Develop strengths — self-confidence and self-determination
• Set high goals
• Eliminate weaknesses — face up to your own mistakes
• Prepare to lead — understand your team members
• Be a strategist
Examine the process — involve everyone in decision making.
Conduct a detailed analysis to determine background information. Plan effectively for the team and then implement your plans, both for short and long terms.
To better assess your team and mission, consider a SWOT analysis:
• Strengths: What are your competencies? What do
you do well?
What are your shortfalls and competitive disadvantages? What can you improve on?
• Opportunities: What is out there that you can take advantage of?
• Threats: What areas are deteriorating? What do you need to be aware of?
