The Five Codes That Effective Leaders Must Live By:

1. Effective leaders must invest in themselves to be personally proficient by managing their physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual selves well. They love to learn constantly to know themselves more deeply. They are brave and quick, and also patient and know how to play with time and situations. There is an English word “Don’t play with a person, play with a situation”. That is, even when a person hurts you, don’t do him back right away if the situation is not in your favor. Wait for the situation in your favor and do it back.

2. Good leaders know who they are, what they are doing now, and where they want to go. Then, they set strategy to go on which is based on their current position analysis. They want to try their big ideas realistically. They work with others to find the path from the present to the desired future.

3. Effective leaders are executors (not word makers). They ask: "How will we ensure to reach our goal?" They understand how to make change happen, how to assign accountability, how to delegate appropriately, and make sure that teams work well together.

4. They are proficient in working with people to get things done now, in a manner that generates intense personal, professional and organizational loyalty.

5. Finally, they are human-capital developers who build the next generation of leaders with the skills, knowledge, behaviors and attitudes for future strategic success. They teach others how to work things out. They don’t just keep for themselves.

But not all the leaders may have all these characteristics. All effective leaders must be personally proficient, trustworthy, willing to learn and must have integrity.

A Leader's Three Key Functions

The leader accepts three key functions in his role:

1. Authority: the right to make decisions. They can make decision to reach the goal.

2. Responsibility: assignment for achieving a goal. They take responsibility to bear any mistake or errors in their actions. They don’t blame others around for their own action.

3. Accountability: acceptance of success or failure. After their best effort, they don’t feel repentant for their failure nor overjoyed for their success.

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