The Effective Leader works at building up and maintaining a series of Leadership Competencies which they use to do their job. By ‘competencies' we do not mean ‘natural' attributes, personality styles or skills. Competency is something, either natural or learnt, which is practiced and used effectively to achieve their desired goals. For example, someone may be charismatic, but this is only a ‘competency' if they are consciously aware of this attribute, and use it purposefully to influence others positively. Competency covers knowledge, skills, practices and processes of the Effective Leader.
The Essential Leadership Competencies
The following is the Top 7 groups of key working competencies. This is what the experienced, successful Leader is actually doing, the REAL competencies –

Influences Others. A Leader must have the ability to get others to act in the desired way.They have the ability to win respect from those who must be influenced, and to build mutual respect. They will give directions and expectations in an appropriate way to influence others to act, and they are also open to ideas and listen actively to others. They walk the talk, influencing others by modelling the behaviour, and they reinforce the appropriate attitude, behaviour and performance in others. They communicate to the group in a way that sways the group towards behaving in the desired way.
Fosters Accountability. A Leader establishes in their team members a commitment to achieving results by building a culture of accountability. Again, they model this with their behaviour, displaying accountability for themselves, their own areas of accountability and their team. They use fair processes and they organise action plans for sharing workload and effort. They have open Team Process for identifying stress points and for accessing help from other Team Members. They promote accountability and hold each Team Member personally responsible for their area. They react to deadline and targets with positive or corrective feedback.
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