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In Mexico 80% of companies lack leaders, according to Forbes Mexico. Certainly, many must be thinking, "It is not my case, I am a leader", but there will also be many who perceive this problem in their companies; so, let me share with you what an awesome leader is to me.

The awesome leader, first of all, must be a person with vision, with a passion that spreads, someone who shows us a distant and challenging possibility, but manages to make it attractive to everyone. The leader should be the first one to be able to answer, where the heck are we going? and how far are we going to go?

Now, he has to be a person with full knowledge of himself; that is, someone who identifies his weaknesses and exploits his strengths to the maximum, therefore surrounds himself with people who complement him and the project: an awesome leader focuses on developing the strengths of each member of his team.

Without a doubt, the leader must be a competentperson, an expert in what he does, dedicate himself to knowing the market, mastering the business; but attention here, the challenge for the awesome leader is to keep the mindset of the beginner, and for this he undoubtedly requires an indispensable characteristic: humility; but, can our leaders be humble enough?

The bosses who frequently use the phrase, "no one will tell me how to run my business"... are not leaders, perhaps there are exceptions, but they are a minority. Humility is what allows us to continue learning, and is also what makes us recognize our mistakes and correct the course when we make them.

Humility is perhaps the most important virtue of an awesome leader, because thanks to it, we give up the need to be "the protagonists".

An awesome leader does not shine, he illuminates..

The leader must be empathetic, he must not only generate emotional empathy (be able to feel what the other feels), but also cognitive. What does this mean? A leader does not need to "put himself in someone else’s shoes" - let’s forget about that phrase once and for all-; we need to understand others... yes !be able to understand that each person sees a different reality from ours, to understand the perspective and motivations of others..

A real leader must be committed to creating safe spaces where there is no fear of the consequences of an error. We cannot be awesome leaders in companies where everyone is afraid to tell the "leader" that he is wrong, or to propose an idea because they will get fired! That is simply not leadership.

Finally, the leader must be assertive, have strong communication skills, know how to convey his message to the organization; but also, know how to choose battles, set priorities... and go get it all.

I invite you to become an awesome leader, will you dare?

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