The 7 Leadership Skills needed to succeed in Business

Enthusiasm – Good delegation, coaching and informal, regular, feedback.
Emotion – Excellent listening and assertiveness skills, being open and honest with your feelings, developing awareness of your people and getting to grips with your work-life balance and that of your team.
Explanation – Less reliance on emails and make all communications face to face and two-way to ensure understanding.
Engagement – Invite your team to set their own goals and objectives and encourage participation in the decision making.
Reward – Give the right rewards to the right people at the right time and only include pay and other benefits at appraisals but praise people and recognise them constantly.
Development – Offer training and coaching to enhance skills and knowledge. Let individuals decide what they would like to achieve and ascertain the reason behind these requests.
Trust – Ensure you act fairly and reasonably at all times. Remain impartial and consistent. Deal with issues as they arise and never promise something you are unable to deliver.