The former president of Costa Rica, Jose-Maria Figueres has revealed attributes leaders must imbibe in order to make remarkable impact on their followers.
The former president was a guest speaker at the 2015 Access leadership conference facilitated by Access Bank.
Speaking in an exclusive chat with Naij.com, Figueres enumerated the three imperative qualities.
Jose-Maria Figueres, the former president of Costa Rica
”Different people has different concepts of what it takes to be a good leader. In my definition, the first quality is you have to be a good listener. If you don’t listen to people you don’t learn and apparently if you don’t learn, you are not aware of everything you should be,” he said.
Figueres added that it is imperative for leaders to be good team players and be willing to admit mistakes.
”Leadership is a lonely place. We have to take decision when we lead but being part of team, working together to take a decision with people is very important because many people in a team think better than one person.
Read more of what he has to say below
