Give you a clear outcome you are aiming to accomplish.

Set the tone for everyone else – leaders set the mood for any team.

Make you instantly more inspiring and charismatic – passion is infectious.

Help you to make more courageous decisions.

Make others listen and want to be a part of what you’re doing.

Help you to make better decisions for your organization’s long-term goals.

He explains that businesses have three layers:

If you don’t know what drives you then ask the five whys.

Ask yourself why you do what you do five times until you get to the route motivation.

Good leaders should be able to communicate precisely what they want from their team

Good leaders should also understand the importance of telling their team members why they should do what they should do.

This gives them the freedom to make decisions and to work independently

You should have a good broad knowledge of your business, which will allow you to take care of the bigger picture

That said, you also need to be wise enough to delegate and not micromanage

Leaders need to be willing to take risks and make decisions

They need to be responsible for those decisions.

 This gives the team the confidence to work without interruption.

This comes with vision but it is important to be able to recognize where things are going so that you can avoid problems.

Helps to avoid potential crises and to help the business to thrive rather than just survive!  

This means looking for opportunities but also things that could go wrong. It means building resilience and using financial modelling!

Finally, a leader should be calm. You are the emotional barometer for your entire team – if you are panicked, they all will be too!