Leadership - Possible Strengths

Do you have these strengths? If not, how strongly does this factor apply to you?

• Vision - You have a conviction that things could be better and a clear idea of where you want to take your team or organization. You might not have the ''hows'' worked out in detail, but you have a strong image of the target in your mind. People who are not visionaries either think that there is too much change happening already or their improvement ideas revolve around minor enhancements or local changes they could implement themselves.
• Influencing skills - You convey your vision with passion and enthusiasm. You are so convinced of the benefits of your vision that your arguments are compelling to others. You vary your influencing approach to get others on board. You are skilled at enlisting the support of influential others and at involving potential resisters to make them feel that the idea is partly theirs, hence spreading ownership across key stakeholders. You build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Directing and motivating others - You mobilize disparate individuals or groups into a coordinated whole, helping them focus on the target to be achieved. You sustain the momentum of your group and stimulate them to surmount obstacles and recover quickly from setbacks. If you this is not one of your strengths, you may find enthusiasm for your vision waning with the passage of time or in the face of obstacles.
  
  Potential Pitfalls
  
• Following - not wanting to follow others or build upon their ideas
• Disempowering - being an impossibly hard act to follow, not taking others with you
• Letting go - not letting others lead or fostering leadership in others