Leadership Skills List

A-G

 Achievement
 Analytical
 Business Development
 Business Intelligence
 Business Storytelling
 Change Leadership
 Coaching
 Commitment
 Confidence
 Collaborating
 Communication
 Compassion
 Competitive
 Confidence
 Conflict Management
 Conflict Resolution
 Coordination
 Courage
 Creativity
 Creative Thinking
 Critical Thinking
 Decision Making
 Decisiveness
 Delegation
 Directing Others
 Emotional Intelligence
 Engagement
 Enthusiastic
  Entrepreneurial
 Evaluative
 Finance
 Financial Management
 Flexibility
 Goal Setting
 Good Judgment

H-M

 Honesty
 Humor
 Influencing Others
 Initiative
 Inspirational
 Interpersonal
 Integrity
 Listening
 Logical Thinking
 Management
 Mediating Problems
 Meeting Management
 Motivation
 Multitasking

N-S

 Negotiating
 Networking
 Nonverbal Communication
 Open Minded
 Optimism
 Organization Strategies
  Passion
 People Development
 Persuasive
 Planning
 Positive Attitude
 Problem Solving
 Producing
 Relationship Building
 Reporting
 Recruiting
 Resourceful
 Respectful
 Results Oriented
 Scheduling
 Self-confidence
 Self-direction
 Self-motivation
 Supportive
 Strategic Change
 Strategic Planning
 Strategy

T-Z

 Taking Risks
 Team Building
 Teamwork
 Technology
 Transformation
 Verbal Communication
 Vision
What Can You Do with This List?

Consider strong managers that you've worked with in your field —

which of the skills on this list do they have? Take a look at the job
advertisements within your field as well to see which leadership skills
are mentioned again and again. This type of thinking will help you
know the skills you should emphasize in your cover letters, resume, and
during interviews.

Reviewing this list can also give you a sense of gaps in your skills. If you
don't possess one of them, ask yourself if you can or should develop it.
Be realistic: No one person can have every single skill on the list. And
furthermore, not all skills are meaningful in every field.

How Can You Build Leadership Skills?

You do not need to be manager-level or supervise projects or people to

cultivate and demonstrate leadership skills. You can develop these skills
on the job, by following these strategies:

 Take initiative: Look beyond the tasks on your job description.

Think long term about what would be beneficial for your
department and the company. Try to brainstorm ideas and
commit to doing work that goes beyond the daily routine.
 Request more responsibility: While you wouldn't want to ask for
additional responsibility your second week on the job, once you've
been in a position for awhile, you can share with your manager
that you're eager to grow your leadership abilities. Ask how you
can help out - are there upcoming projects that require a point
person? Is there any work that you can take off your manager's
to-do list?
 Target specific skills: If you have a specific skill you want to
develop - whether it's creative thinking or communication - create
a plan to improve your abilities in this area. This could mean
taking a class, finding a mentor to help, reading books, or setting
a small goal that forces you to engage with this skill. Talk to
managers and co-workers, as well as friends outside of the office,
to help develop your plan to increase a particular skill.