Developing Leadership Skills and Management Communication Skills

Leaders and managers or supervisors
require different skills. A description or
list of management and leadership skills
may have some overlapping qualities
but they are distinct proficiencies.
Leaders require the ability to see the big
picture and make decisions about missions
and goals. Supervisors and managers need
to excel at efficiency and productivity to
carry out goals.

Both supervisors and leaders require
excellent communication skills. Excellent
communication skills include speaking,
presenting, listening, selling, and
persuading.

Leaders also need to develop:

1. Vision-and the ability to enroll the team
in the mission.

2. Courage-and the conviction to carry out
intentions and tough decisions.

3. Clarity of intention-and self-awareness.

4. Humor-and humility, they often travel
hand-in-hand. A humorless leader is often
a tyrant but one without humility is
undoubtedly one.

5. Empathy-and having a deep
understanding of priorities. Understanding
priorities means being able to distinguish
what is important now, a few months from
now and a few years from now with regard
to a decision and its impact on others.

6. Inspirational abilities-to make others feel
enthusiastic and confident. Motivated
employees who believe in themselves, their
product or service and their leader will do
everything to support the mission.

7. Confidence–not arrogance but faith in
one’s ability to lead

9.Trustworthiness and Moral Fortitude.
Honesty and knowing right from wrong are
qualities expected of servant leaders

10. Servant leadership-and the wisdom to
know that means serving for others not for
power.

Supervisors and managers also need to
develop:

1. Self-management and the skill to
establish priorities based on the big
picture.

2. Collaboration skills-getting others
working together to achieve goals.

3. Planning and organization-the logistics,
planning and implementation of tasks to be
done.

4. Decision making skills.

5. Composure and confidence in all
circumstances.

6. Conflict resolution abilities

7. Self-discipline-and the ability to keep
commitments made to ourselves. Much like
a dieter who chooses to honor their vow to
lose weight, self-discipline comes from
within.

8. Self-development-a commitment to
improving your knowledge and abilities.

9. Flexibility-and the ability to adapt quickly
to changing circumstances.

10. Delegation-and the confidence to
develop others and then let them do their
Jobs.

These are just a few of the qualities and
skills needed to develop good managers
and leaders but excellent communication
skills still top the list for both.

Communicating the vision,

presenting the
vision and persuading others to see the
vision are communication skills leaders
need to master.

Conflict resolution, active listening,

assertiveness and selling are the
communication skills supervisors need to
master.