How can a shy person be a leader? What steps should he/she take?

Its all about confidence. Go to a mirror and practice talking. Think about everything thats good about you. Say it. Claim it. Know what you want. And strive for it. If you cant find anything thats good about yourself, dont fret. That means you have the potential to be better. Imagine what sort of persone you want to be. What characteristics. Then visualize it. Every day tell yourself your the best, your going to be the best, and your going to succeed. Once you built yourself up. You can proceed on  being a leader. A leader exudes confidence because he already knows what hes doing. Not that he knows everything but he knows what will he do if he ever makes a mistake.

1.) Start building yourself up

2.) Remember every experience you had. Every mistake is a step towards success

3.) After gaining confidence remember to respect other just like how you respect yourself.

4.) Don't be afraid of the consequences of your decision. As a leader you will make a ton of them and not all of them will be right. Just remember there are no right or wrong decisions. Only decisions that are efficient or inefficient.

5.) Own up to your decisions, be responsible, dont push the blame into others. That being said dont always say that its your fault, just recognize your mistake and do better.

Shyness is the result of fear arising by thinking how other people will look at your actions. This fear is the result of negative thinking. For a leader, his actions should always be followed from positive thinking. Always think about the positive aspects of your decisions. Never critisize yourself by looking at only the negative aspects. Be positive and you can get rid of your shyness.

I do not think that the shy person can be the leader and the reason I am the qualities of the leader must enjoy the person with a strong personality and sometimes determined to be able to convince those who lead them Balbagth and Zakat and stomach and all this missing shy person.If a shy person wants to become a leader, he must first get rid of shyness and show the strength of his personality and sensitivity as someone who is able to confront people and convince them of the point of view and that he is able to resolve

yes he can but not if he is completely introverted and anti social being shy is fine but one needs to speak up when it matters. I am sure with a little exposure people can be more outgoing.

Leader is not the way you feel about yourself (that would be a boss)

A leader is what he/she feels about their employees and what they can do to them.

Being shy can be leveraged to utilitze in emotional intelligence since shyness is an emotion.

Now how to do that is up to you.. yes i agree that you have to look up to your leaders but taking their same steps wont give you the same results, thus everyone can become a leader in his/her certain way.

Becoming a better leader, it takes time, patience, hard work and a lot of dedication.

Here are the steps to become a better leader.

·         Follow leaders who you look up to

·         Practice the things that make you uncomfortable

·         Learn something new about your expertise, industry or niche every day

·         Tell yourself every day that you’re a leader (and believe it!)

·         Read

·         Gather resources you use and that you would recommend to others

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i agree with mr leo jr agoso

Actually what my beleive is..

make your shyness to your power..if you are not good in english/people dealing/presentation etc..you should try to be mysterious personalities..no one can judge your weakness ,all people think about your thinking except your weakness..if you have weakness.shyness make it your power.less communicate people and try to be remain serious and look what other do..less talk more observe is best for shy person.

Thanks 

I fully agree and support my colleague Leo's answer and given steps