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# Leadership Competencies

## The What

* To clarify direct
* To build trust
* To drive culture 
* To empower delivery
* To develop people

## The How

### To clarify direction

* Your team's long-term vision. The North Stars :star2:
* Your team's Strategic Objectives and Key Results. [OKRs](/tech-lead-handbook/product/okrs.md) :dart:
* Your product value proposition :gift:
* The mission and expectation :hugging:

### To build trust

* With your manager and leadership team :point\_up:
* With your peers: PMs, Support, Sales, etc :point\_left::point\_right:
* With your direct reports and skips :point\_down:

### To drive culture

* Via role modelling
* Via growth mindset
* Brave and challenge the status quo

### To empower delivery

* To empower the team not yourself
* To empower the delivery with accountabilities
* To focus on prioritisations

### To develop people

* Prioritise coaching
* Provide feedback and be supportive
* Be consistent and resilient

## :scroll: Tips

<mark style="background-color:red;">Leadership is a lifelong journey</mark>

Enhance your self-awareness

Be empathy&#x20;

Be humility. <mark style="background-color:green;">It's OK to say "I don't know"</mark>.&#x20;

What got you here won't get you there.

Drive alignment

Grow your influence

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