What Makes an Effective Leader? Write an essay that explains what makes an effective (or good) leader. Ideally this would be a five paragraph essay (including the introduction and conclusion). Remember, you are explaining what makes a person a good leader (what a good leader does) not talking about what you would do personally. PARA 1 How being a good leader means affecting others. Being a good leader means taking a Big Responsibility, This means taking charge of being on time to a sports meeting or a teachers meeting. Or anything else that means being on time, When Being a leader People have to loo...