Despite all the efforts of feminists, women in leadership positions today are not so much. And all because a good leader must have a whole set of qualities - personal, business and professional. And not all of them are typical for women, so some qualities have to be developed in addition. Let's see what the main qualities will be required by a lady who wants to become a successful leader.
Professional qualities of the manager
It is almost impossible to be the leader of a department or company and not be an expert in your field. That's why professional qualities are taken on the first place when choosing a leader. To the professionally important qualities traditionally include the following knowledge and skills.
- High level of education. In some companies, an obligatory condition for career growth is not just the availability of higher education, but the crusts of a particular university.
- It is necessary to have work experience and be a competent specialist in your profession.
- The leader should have a broad view, be erudite, be able to take a critical look at the situation and have a constant desire for professional growth.
- Be able to look for new forms and methods of work, have the desire to help others in improving the principles of work. Ability to plan their work, as well as the duties of their subordinates.
Business qualities of the manager
It is often possible to see a person holding a managerial post in a firm, but not having a profile education or possessing a rather modest work experience in the specialty. What is the matter? And the fact that a person has an excellent set of business qualities, which in some areas can replace professional skills. So, what managerial qualities does a leader need for a leader?
- Ambition, the desire to be a leader is always in any situation. And also courage, assertiveness, ambitiousness and ability to defend one's point of view.
- Ability to organize the work of subordinates and promptly solve emerging operational issues.
- Communicative, the ability to locate an interlocutor and convince himself of the correctness of his beliefs.
- Initiative and flexibility in solving work problems.
- High level of self-control, ability to plan your working hours.
- Lack of fear of innovation, be able to risk yourself and lead your team.
Often it is leadership and organizational qualities that a woman lacks in leadership. Ladies can hardly compete for the first place with men, to prove their primacy always and in everything. Also a hindrance is perfectionism - the desire to do everything too well and the confidence that no one will do better. As a result, instead of organizing the work of employees, the manager takes most of the work for himself.
Personal qualities of the manager
A person can be an excellent connoisseur of his business, have a wide range of acquaintances, but not be loved by his subordinates. Of course, we can say that a husband and children should love, and work is a place for an iron lady. But this is not entirely true, a leader who does not have the necessary moral qualities will constantly face unfavorable psychological climate and alienation in the team, and therefore the work of the team as a whole will be very difficult to build. In addition, the boss-tyrant risks getting a very close-knit team, in which everyone is friends against him. Therefore, a woman who wants to be a leader, will not interfere with the following characteristics.
- High moral principles. What is a sin to hide, some areas of activity are based, if not on deception, then, at least, on light wiles. But even in this case it is necessary to be honest with your subordinates.
- Physical and psychological health. The position of the head is fraught with a lot of stressful situations, which can aggravate
the course of diseases and disorders. - Responsiveness and friendly attitude to others.
- Optimism and self-confidence.
As you can see, the list of qualities for the manager is quite extensive. However, if some characteristics are "lame", then they can be pulled up to the required level. Personal qualities will help to correct work on oneself and attentiveness to one's own health, professional skills can be acquired by obtaining additional education and the necessary work experience. The development of organizational and leadership qualities of the leader can be done at the training, the benefit of them today is a lot.