What Makes a Good Boss?

Is your boss a good leader? Review this list of 18 characteristics - how does you boss score?

8 Characteristics of a Good Team Leader

Supportive:

• ready to go to bat for the team
  
• presents team needs to organization and organizational needs to team

Focused on Organizational Effectiveness:

• balances people and work
  
• keeps ‘productivity’ and ‘quality’ to the forefront

Grooms ‘replacements’:

• shares leadership role
  
• creates leaders

Good communicator

• willing to listen
  
• able to express

Innovator

• pursuer of progress
  
• and developer of people

Creates positive expectancy.

• sets high expectation levels
  
• sets and expects high standards

Models expected behaviours:

• consensus decision-making
  
• risk-taking
  
• empowering

Able to deal with problem team members:

• creative problem-solving
  
• coaching
  
• power to remove