“If your action inspire other to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” (John Quincy Adams).
Based on that quotation, the leaders have big impact for their community. In the frame to develop safer and better world, the leaders have significant role. As we know that today we live in the dynamic changing society and face several challenges, more over in the globalization era. We face several social problems, such as poverty, disintegration, social conflict, etc. to solve that problems, the effective community leadership is needed. The question is what is the characteristic of effective leadership? There are several characteristic of effective leadership:
1.Listening and involving to their community
By listening and involving to the communities, the leader understands well about the condition of the communities. It would make them know what their community needed and have sensitivity to their communities.

2.Pro-poor and have gender sensitivity
Poverty is social problem that we still face today. The leader that have pro-poor vision would make decision that give benefit for the poor, as the vulnerable groups in the frame of developing welfare community.
Having gender sensitivity is an important thing; moreover we live in the communities with patriarch culture. Women and child as the vulnerable groups in the society need special attention.

3.Using community resources effectively
4.Empowering local communities