How often have you heard the
comment, “He/She is a born leader?” there are certain characteristics found in
some people that seem to naturally put them in a position where they’re looked
up to as a leader. Whether infect a person is born a leader or develops skills
and abilities to become a leader is open for debate. There are some OLQs that
are found in good leaders. These qualities can be developed or may be naturally
part of their personality.
Leadership Qualities:
Leadership
quality is the essence of an officer in armed force. A successful leader only
can guide his team or men when they need proper guidance to save the country’s
pride. A leader should possess special qualities which make him stand high among
all others.
Initiative quality:
A
leader will always initiate a work and motivate all others to take part in the
work. If a leader will not initiate a work and will ask others to do the work,
then others may think that the leader is misleading the. So a candidate should
showcase his initiative quality.
Resource fullness
A
leader should be resourceful. An officer working in armed forces will come
under such circumstances where he needs to accomplish task assigned to him with
the limited resources available with him. Thus SSB board will look whether a
candidate have resourcefulness quality in himself or not.
Communication skills:
A
leader should be able to communicate effectively with his followers so that he
may convey his thoughts clearly. If communication skill of a person is not
good, he may not become great leader. Communication skills bring the extra
confidence in the leader.
Self confidence:
Self
confidence is a must quality for an officer. An officer should be confident
enough to give orders to his subordinates and also he should have good
confidence by which he can do any task allotted to him.
Decision making quality:
An
officer should have decision making quality in order to prevent major accidents
and damage. One must be good decision maker in order to become a successful
officer in armed forces. You will come across various situations where you need
to make quick and best logical decision.
Persuasiveness quality:
Persuasiveness
is one of the most important OLQs. An officer should be able to persuade his
subordinates for doing desired work, if an officer fails to persuade his
juniors, then he will fails to accomplish the task assigned to him.
Liveliness quality:
A
leader should be lively enough to attract the group. If a leader is dull and
gloomy then people may not trust him. So an officer should have the quality of
liveliness in order to impress his juniors.
Delegation of
responsibility:
Delegation
of responsibility is vital OLQ. A successful leader should delegate his duties
and responsibilities to his subordinates during his leadership. A person cannot
do all tasks by himself. Thus, in order to be successful one must delegate his
work to others up to some extent.
Practical intelligence:
One
must have good amount of practical intelligence in order to be successful. If a
person has only theoretical knowledge and don’t know how to use it in his day
to day life, then that person is less likely to succeed. During SSB Interview,
candidates need to show their practical intelligence in almost all tests.
Knowledge:
Knowledge
is very vital when it comes to leadership. If you want to lead a group or team
of people, you must have good amount of knowledge. When it comes to armed
forces officer’s life, the officer must have sound knowledge about various
things in order to take best decisions in time to avoid massive loss.
SSB Aspirants going for Defence
selection are advised to re-check the above mention some of officer like
qualities (OLQs) as to whether they are inborn in you. If not adopt/implement
them instantly and see you emerge as a successful candidate.
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Regards
Hosla
B.A, M.A (Psychology)
Specialist of GTO Tasks
(Having 11 years of teaching experience as a GTO Instructor)
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