Among the Best Leaders I Ever Had, I’ve Found 10 Common Traits. (Guest Post)

This post is shared with the LM blog readers with permission from Ron Edmundson.

All my life I’ve been a wisdom seeker. I have had some great leadership influence in my life. Beginning with my high school principal when I was student body president and a man in retail who took interest in me in college, I’ve been blessed with good role models.

Looking back, the best leaders I ever had shared some common traits.

10 Common Traits among the Best Leaders I Ever Had

Believed in me more than I believed in myself.

Were available to me when I needed them.

Ask good questions of me.

Challenged me to be better than I thought I could be.

Encouraged my dreams, while equally providing for me a sense of reality.

Had a character worthy of following.

Were skillful and competent, but not arrogant or self-serving.

Continued to learn personally.

Were visionary and challenged mediocrity.

Kept their word, but didn’t over-commit themselves.

Would you add any to this list from the best leaders in your life?

About Ron:

As pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church a church leader and the planter of two churches, he is passionate about planting churches, but also helping established churches thrive. He thrives on assisting pastors and those in ministry think through leadership, strategy and life. His specialty is organizational leadership.

Ron has more than 30 years leadership experience, mostly as a self-employed business owner, and has been in full-time ministry for just over a decade. He has successfully led the restart of one church and the planting of two churches. He has a seminary master’s and a master’s in organizational leadership.