7 Signs That Says You Have A Leader In You As Per A Life Coach

Leadership is a quality that is very important in any social structure. However, there is a difference between having a leadership position and having leadership qualities.

I Sahil Kumar Nagpal, author, life coach and executive coach based in India has worked with many senior leaders. Based on my experience as a leader and as an executive coach I have understood that there is a potential leader in every good follower. However, some people have certain qualities that clearly show that there is a leader sitting inside.

In this article, I have mentioned 7 such qualities that indicate leadership qualities in a person.

1) Curious About People:

Most of us are so engaged in our daily lives that we rarely think about the person next to us. This can be our children, spouse, friends & colleagues. We never even think about what other person is going through. We don’t pay attention to the people around us.

But if you have this quality of observing people, their body language, facial expression, behavior and you think about them then this quality can make you an optimum leader.

Leaders need to lead, they need to employ people for various tasks. Their job is to delegate and their responsibilities are very high. Knowing about the potential of people, their state of mind can help leaders exponentially in selecting people for different tasks.

2) Thinking Beyond Herd Mentality:

There was an experiment done in the waiting room of a clinic. There are around 9 people who are actors sitting in a waiting room. The young girl who is part of the experiment and doesn’t know about the experiment enters. At regular intervals, a bell would ring and all the 9 participants would stand up and then sit. First two times the girl ignored and the third time the girl also stood up and sat.

After some time more people started coming in and they all started the same pattern. After some time all the 9 actors moved out of the waiting room one after the other and everybody would repeat the pattern, that is to stand up when the bell rang.

This tells that people have a herd mentality. When everyone is doing a particular thing, you also tend to do the same thing.

When in a group setting if everybody is voting for the same thing and you see it differently and your predictions come true then you have that farsightedness in you. You have the inner quality of coming out of herd mentality and use your own intellect.

3)  Tendency Of Helping People:

Some of us think that leaders are very crude people. They crush people around them to get ahead in life. They step on other people’s shoulders to progress in life and they dominate their subordinates. Yes, there are some leaders like that and you will see such people everywhere.

But they are not true leaders. They have a dominating tendency that they cannot channelize in productive way. Because of this they cannot reach their true potential. Working with a life coach can really help them grow holistically in their life.

However, if you have this quality of helping people, empowering people, motivating people when they are down, then know this surely that there is a leader working inside you. A leader is someone who people look up to.

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4) Empathetic Response:

One of the human tendencies is to blame and curse the loser. It is a dark psychology of many living organisms. Whenever something goes wrong, without investigating people put the entire blame on someone. We see in the news about some crime, the convict and we immediately form an opinion about the person.

However, if you have this quality of having an empathetic response towards the person and your mind is curious about what is the reality, then you have leadership qualities in you. If when everyone around you has formed an opinion about things, people and situation and you look with an open mind, you truly have a unique quality. Do not lose it.  

5) Bigger Perspective:

Having a bigger perspective towards life is a very rare quality. Most of us run behind money and other material things. We put so much emphasis on material things that we forget about the bigger meanings of life.

If someone thinks about other sectors of life then he or she has some innate qualities that society needs. When everyone around you is running behind money and you think about your children, your parents, and your friend who is struggling in life, you sure are a true leader.

6) More Responsive Than Reactive:

The popular belief is that leaders are aggressive. Well, they are not, they are responsive. A good leader is always responsive. A leader can only survive as a leader if he or she is responsive.

Reacting to things is a quality of the frontline soldiers not of a strategic general. A good leader is always calm and composed. His aggression is under his leash.

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7) Building Your Own Herd:

A good leader will always attract people with similar qualities and keep them. If you have this quality of organizing people together for some projects, sports or even for get-togethers then you don’t only have organizational skills but you also have a leader inside you. Never take this quality lightly.

The Conclusion

Having leadership qualities is not enough. If you think you have them, it is essential to take the next step. What is the next step? Well, the leader in you will figure it out anyway.

However, if you are interested in taking your life to next level and want to discover the leader in you, if you want to excel in your business, if you want to quit your job and start your business, if you want to bring productive changes in your life, book an appointment with me and let me guide you further.