The H.E.A.R.T. of Leadership: Understanding Key Characteristics Which Strengthen Organizational Capacity

December 3, 2025

The H.E.A.R.T. of Leadership: Understanding Key Characteristics WhichStrengthen Organizational Capacity

Carla D. Brown | 2020

Abstract

What are the qualities that one looks for in a leader? How do leadership characteristics impact organizational effectiveness? While successful leaders are capable of motivating others toward common goals, extraordinary leaders can create social order, change organizational culture, and complete the mission of an organization. Several theories seek to explain various leadership styles and their impact on how organizations function. It is the leadership style of the leader that plays an integral role in being able to sustain as well as transform organizations. Research has proven that leaders can inspire followers to accomplish goals through characteristics that are indicative of not only who they are and but what they do.

To effectively achieve the mission of an organization, leaders must consider their most important resources, the workers, and ensure that they share the same espoused values as the leader. This manuscript will examine leadership character traits that are identified as critical to business operations and further understand how leadership characteristics motivate employees’ efforts toward organizational goals.

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