How does one even become a leader to begin with? Is there a special course that actually helps in any way? Well sadly, no to everything, all good attributes of a successful leader are learnt but today’s leaders are phenomenal for thinking out of the box and being different in their positions.

Big personalities like Steve Jobs, Mark Zukerberg and Bill Gates have been known to be more inclusive and dependent on their team. Here are very contemporary values that today’s leaders hold.

Their biggest enemies are themselves

Many leaders tend to be so smart that they over criticize themselves. They start thinking of all the possible flaws in their idea and end up disliking it themselves.

The same goes for their personalities, they have a lot of self-doubt and insecurities. Being self-critical helps they embrace such negative characteristics and they actively make an effort to suppress them. Though everyone should remain motivated, self-doubt keeps a lot of people grounded, in the sense that they don’t become arrogant and never go for big risks. In such a way, limitations set by leaders brings a realistic opinion to them which often they don’t receive because of their status.

Leaders are team oriented

Leaders invest a lot in the people around them. They are dedicated human beings and wish to find people who have similar nature. Super stars, CEOs and managers believe in the credentials of their team. All leaders know that they can’t dedicatedly work on every aspect of the business, hence, they are motivated to find people who will stay and work with them. Such team mates are acknowledged by good leaders and appreciated once the company hits numbers.

A good leader knows his credentials and builds a team around goals he can’t achieve alone.

They know how to rationalize opportunity cost

A leader always reaches a position of standing after passing through vigorous obstacles. He knows everything isn’t achievable at a single moment and he must make choices almost every living minute. It comes to a point where one must judge what is urgent and what is important. In doing so many opportunities must be forgone to complete those that are necessary.

So a competent leader today doesn’t leap to everything he is offered, he rationalizes all decisions and in doing so he make his most important decisions.

Leaders are open to discourse

Contemporary leaders are visionary and forgo an authoritative figure. In this era of specializations they don’t hope to become jack of all trades, rather they listen to multiple opinions from resourceful people before taking any step.

Such leaders don’t feel it to be an ego issue if they are proven wrong, thus, they encourage discourse and exchange of ideas. They also know when to stop and drop an idea if it unsuccessful in the long term. They aren’t blind to their flaws, rather appreciate being corrected.

Best Leaders are very predictable

A research by Google shows that the most amazing leaders around the world aren’t really super innovative or extreme geniuses. The quality that all of them have is that they are very predictable.

Big news right? But most contemporary leaders believe in a decentralized system and allow their employees to take decisions. These leaders mostly have a set pattern they follow and a routine to evaluate business processes. They are punctual to their routine and most employees can tell their boss’s next move.