Great Leaders & Leadership

Over the weekend i attended MINDSPEAK and had the pleasure of listening to SENI ADETU Ceo of EABL and in my opinion he is such an inspiring orator.


If we had more people with his kind of mindset the business world would be further than it already is at the moment.


One of the keynotes that i picked from the session are QUALITIES OF A GOOD LEADER. I have read about this before but i loved the simplicity that was used to send the message across.


Some of the qualities that struck me about a good leader are


1. Integrity
As much as one gives good work all the time can they be trusted? At all times a great leader has to exude with integrity.


2. Consistently delivers great results
A great leader always produces great results all the time. Not some of the time but all the time. This was really a great challenge to me.


3. Grows talent
A great leader grows talent. This I guess is foreign to most businesses and would really be great if it was adopted in Kenya. Our businesses will get further than they already are as the workers would be constantly motivated to get better.


In addition his personal principles are quite easy to apply. Some of the ones that could easily be put into practise are
1. Create a legacy
2. Invent a crisis to transform a business
3. Have simplicity and clarity of direction
4. Consistently grow yourself
5 .Get 1st mover advantage. 
6. Honour your word
7. Your execution is your strategy
8. Integrity


With such kind of leadership how could we not get ahead?


True inspiration.