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title: "The Importance Of Listening To Your Employees — Traits Of True Leadership!"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/19cd8263-0392-4520-87fa-9f919e1bc52d
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/the-importance-of-listening-to-your-employees-traits-of-true-leadership-2716812
category: "General"
topics: ["People","Operations"]
published: 2021-10-05T16:11:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:13:25.150Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/ce7c26bbb15f5c19f93cdd0ab6e285b82908.jpg
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# The Importance Of Listening To Your Employees — Traits Of True Leadership!

**TL;DR:** True leadership in the modern workplace emphasizes adaptability and the importance of listening to employees. Effective leadership styles have changed over the past decade due to technological advancements and shifts in employee relationships.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-10-05. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/the-importance-of-listening-to-your-employees-traits-of-true-leadership-2716812).*

## Story

We are fortunate to have several examples of what true leadership looks like at our fingertips. And with every example, we find a new opportunity to learn, grow and improve.

If we're not careful, though, sometimes we end up viewing these examples as the only way that effective leadership should look or function.

Truth be told, true leadership — now more than ever — doesn't necessarily fit a specific equation or pattern. It looks completely different than it did just a decade ago.

As technology has become more prominent in our daily lives and in the workplace and as the relationships with our employees have shifted dramatically, industries have been forced to adapt. Leaders and leadership styles have done the same.

One of the fundamental traits of great leadership is the ability to actively listen to employees. Every great leader looks for an opportunity to learn, and sometimes, those lessons come from their capable employees.

What a shame and waste of invaluable talent it would be if only leaders' ideas ever made the cut!

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- employee relationships (topic)
- true leadership (topic)
- workplace adaptability (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/the-importance-of-listening-to-your-employees-traits-of-true-leadership-2716812). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/19cd8263-0392-4520-87fa-9f919e1bc52d).