The following steps when practiced will help you succeed as a leader.
1 lead yourself first: As a leader or an intending leader,it is Paramount to be able to lead yourself. This means that you must be able to discipline yourself to become the first follower of yourself.

2 Take responsibility and not position: leadership is not position but being responsible to handle and solve problems.

3 Become a servant: Its quite unfortunate that most leaders do not know that they are servants. Your duty as a leader is to serve and not to be served.

4 Be humble: If you must succeed as a leader, you must listen to your followers and ask for their ideas.

5 Be a motivator: A successful leader must be positive in every situation and be able to motivate his followers work.