What's the Ideal strategy to be a good leader?

 Many people have written about the qualities of great leaders.  Coming up with a top ten lists are not easy because there is so many more character than10.  Here are the top ten.

1. Visionary.  Leaders are able tocreate a visionof a positive future, which begins the process of getting buy-in from the team.  A leader without a vision is not a leader all, they are called a manager.
2. Strategic.  A good leader understands how to capitalize on the assets of the organization in order to create a successful vision.
3. Competent.  Leaders know their business.  They know the market and they know their customers.  This enables them to set a vision and strategy based on knowing, not guessing.
4. Perceptive.  Leaders notices the details, which can be strung together to make the strategy.  Leaders pay attention to the details and ensure that those details don’t fall through the cracks duringimplementation.
5. Articulate.  Leadership requirescommunicating the strategy in order to accomplish the vision.  A leader must be a good communicator, must give speeches, and must motivate the group towards the vision.  Leaders get buy-in to ensure results.
6. Passionate.  In order to lead others, one must truly believe in and care about the strategy and vision.  Nobody wants to follow a half-hearted leader.
7. Assertive.  A leader must overcome manyobstacles and objectionswhen trying to lead.  Maintaining ones position requires sticking to your beliefs.
8. Dedicated.  Leading means making a commitment to the cause.  Leaders lead by example and are the first to act on the strategy they are espousing.
9. Adaptive.Continuous improvementapplies to leaders as well as processes.  A good leader knows when to accommodate others to achieve a greater good.
10. Decisive.  Making decisionsis what a leader does.  Decisions may not always be liked but leaders make them anyway to keep the organization moving forward

A leader should have excellent decision-making and interpersonal skills. He should have the ability to influence the team members via his thoughts and ideas.

A leader is innovative, challenges the status quo, empowers people, keeps communication channels open, digests criticism, far sighted, strategic, has strong influence and one who does not talk the talk but can also walk the walk.