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A good leader provides the right climate and the opportunities for
these needs to be met on an individual basis and this is perhaps the
most difficult of a leader’s challenges.

Leaders must also inspire others. In 1987, James Kouzes and Barry
Posner identified five characteristics of what they call exemplary
leaders:

1 Leaders challenge the process. Leaders search for
opportunities.They experiment and take risks, constantly
challenging other people to exceed their own limitations.

2 Leaders inspire a shared vision. Leaders envision an
enabling future and enlist people to join in that new
direction.
3 Leaders enable others to act. Leaders strengthen others
and foster collaboration.

4 Leaders model the way. Leaders set the example for
people by their own leadership behaviour and they plan
small wins to get the process moving.
5 Leaders encourage the heart. Leaders regard and
recognize individual contributions and they celebrate
team successes.

7 Organising

Good leaders are good at:
• organising themselves – their own work and particularly how
they manage themselves, their time and how they delegate
• organising the team – to build and maintain it to ensure that
there is good, effective team-work
• organising the organisation – the structure and the
systems/processes in which, and by which, people operate.

Leaders change things and organise for the achievement of results
– leading change requires considerable powers and skills of

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