Characteristics of effective leadership

Respect

• Paying attention to the good in others, not their faults

• Those things which are important to an individual

• Begins at birth

Integrity

• Begins at birth

• Thinking and doing the right things

• Having an inner feeling of what is right or wrong

Trustworthy

• Considering the feeling of others

• Being truthful

• Able to be believed because one is honest in dealing with others

Maturity

• Acting in an adult manner

• Thinking and doing the right things

• being truthful

Responsibility

• considering the feelings of others

• acting in an adult manner

• Do whatever needs to be done and do it well

Good citizenship

• Considering the feelings of others

• Considering others in one's actions

• Those things that are important to an individual

Accountability

• Accepting the responsibility for one's actions

• Being truthful

• Begins at birth

Caring

• Considering the feelings of others

• Being truthful

• Treating everyone as equals and showing no favoritism

Honesty

• Those things which are of value to an individual

• Being truthful

• Expressing understanding or sensitive to the the feelings, thought, and experiences of others

Empathy

• Thinking and doing the right things

• Treating everyone as equals and showing no favoritism

• Expressing understanding or sensitive to the the feelings, thought, and experiences of others