Describe examples of agency leaders with whom you have been affiliated. What are the characteristics of the better and worse leaders? How can staff be trained to become good leaders?

What will be an ideal response?


Listed below are commonly cited characteristics of good leaders. Students may share their ideas about which of these they have observed in “good” leaders, and which of them can be taught.

• Vision
• Ability to motivate
• Empowering
• Trustworthy
• Risk-taking
• Focus and follow through
• A sense of humor
• Ability to anticipate future challenged and opportunities
• Accountability
• Credibility
• Tenacity
• Dependability
• Self-discipline
• Sacrifice
• Negotiation skills
• Ability to delegate
• Ability to rebound from disappointments
• Ability to acknowledge bad decisions and make new ones
• Teachability
• Humility

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