A person carries out this process by applying her leadership attributes (belief, values, ethics, character, knowledge, and skills). 


Principles of Leadership

To help you be, know, and do, (2) follow these eleven principles of leadership (later sections will expand on gaining an insight into these principles and providing tools to perform them):

	Know yourself and seek self-improvement. In order to know yourself, you have to understand your be, know, and do, attributes. Seeking self-improvement means continually strengthening your attributes. This can be accomplished through reading, self-study, classes, etc.

	Be technically proficient. As a leader, you must know your job and have a solid familiarity with your employees' jobs.

	Seek responsibility and take responsibility for your actions. Search for ways to guide your organization to new heights. And when things go wrong, they will sooner or later, do not blame others. Analyze the situation, take corrective action, and move on to the next challenge.

	Make sound and timely decisions. Use good problem solving, decision making, and planning tools.

	Set the example. Be a good role model for you employees. They must not only hear what they are expected to do, but also see.

	Know your people and look out for their well-being. Know human nature and the importance of sincerely caring for your workers.

	Keep your people informed. Know how to communicate with your people, seniors, and other key people within the organization.

	Develop a sense of responsibility in your people. Develop good character traits within your people that will help them carry out their professional responsibilities.

	Ensure that tasks are understood, supervised, and accomplished. Communication is the key to this responsibility.

	Train your people as a team. Although many so called leaders call their organization, department, section, etc. a team; they are not really teams...they are just a group of people doing their jobs.

	Use the full capabilities of your organization. By developing a team spirit, you will be able to employ your organization, department, section, etc. to its fullest capabilities.
	


Attributes

If you are a leader that can be trusted, then the people around you will learn to respect you. To be a good leader, there are things that you must be, know, and do. These fall under the Leadership Framework:

	BE a professional. Examples: Be loyal to the organization, perform selfless service, take personal responsibility.

	BE a professional who possess good character traits. Examples: Honesty, competence, candor, commitment, integrity, courage, straightforward, imagination.

	KNOW the four factors of leadership - follower, leader, communication, situation.

	KNOW yourself. Examples: strengths and weakness of your character, knowledge, and skills.

	KNOW human nature. Examples: Human needs and emotions, and how people respond to stress.

	KNOW your job. Examples: be proficient and be able to train others in their tasks.

	KNOW your organization. Examples: where to go for help, its climate and culture, who the unofficial leaders are.

	DO provide direction. Examples: goal setting, problem solving, decision making, planning

	DO implement. Examples: communicating, coordinating, supervising, evaluating.

	DO motivate. Examples: develop moral and esprit in the organization, train, coach, counsel.