To be respected as a leader you also have to respect your followers. You also have to motivate and encourage them. Show them that as a leader that you care for them as a person. Everyone shows respect in different ways. The many ways that are the same are to help them learn, help them get through expected and unexpected life challenges, and to provide guidance.
Respect can be shown in many ways. The most common way is to be a listener. Not just any listener but an active listener. To be an active listener you have to hear what someone is trying to say. Without listening you don’t have understanding. To understand you have to listen without interrupting. You can ask questions later. You also have to have the whole picture and not just one person’s side of the story.
Another way to show respect is to trust the people you work with. If you don’t trust the people you work with it makes everyday task harder then they should be for instance if your boss tells you do go pick something up from another office and/or shop you have to trust that he or she will get the right stuff from that office and / or shop. You also have to trust their judgment and their knowledge of the matter at hand.
Another way to be respectful is to have a positive outlook on everything you will deal with in your life or anybody that trust you enough to let you know what they are dealing with. Even if you know it is something that is a really horrible thing to have happen to you or to somebody that you know, but you shouldn’t give a disrespectful