1. Helping others
The top habit mentioned by INC.com is an unceasing willingness and ability to help others, give advice and act as their mentor (in a positive sense). It should be clear from your behaviour that you are interested in bringing out the best in others.
2. Planning
Good managers plan thoroughly. Moreover, they have scheduled sessions in which they plan strategies and systems for their work in the future.
3. Adaptation
A natural leader knows that every person is an individual, and treats them as such. Through their behaviour, leaders inspire, but also are able to communicate with individual people in a way that suits these people.
4. Trust
Leaders should not do everything on their own, but also give a certain level of autonomy and trust to others. You must know what the expertise of individual people is and then support it.
5. Listening
Leading others is an interactive process. Without the ability to listen to others and a willingness genuinely to think about what others say, you can never become a good leader.
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