If there is one characteristic common to every good leader that thing has got to be the fact that every effective leader is effective because he or she is an excellent communicator. If you are to be effective as a leader or supervisor you must be able to make people understand your intent. The really good leaders have a way of communicating to the masses but they also know that each person is an individual and the thing that works well with one...more
On my blog I often discuss issues relating to leadership and management, and these articles are mostly from the point of view of a management. If you will, I assume that my readers are either executives, senior management, or middle management. However, I also appreciate that many readers of my blog are simply employees who aspire to be leaders. These are people with great ambitions and the determination to thoroughly research leadership skills...more
Leadership is a truly fascinating subject isn't it? There are few topics on which so much could be said by so many. The number of leaders in the world is growing at a great pace in line with global growth, however getting your hand on quality leadership materials can often be a lot harder than it has to be. You may want to research leadership because you're doing a school essay, a university paper or perhaps even a dissertation. Heck, I even receive correspondence from students completing PHDs relating to leadership, asking if they can reference my articles, so this certainly shows how many academics are looking for leadership knowledge. However it isn't just the academics that want to get a hold of leadership articles. Young, aspiring leaders usually can't get enough of leadership material. Their desire for success is so strong that they spend hours in their spare time reading famous personal development books that will help them become successful. Then there is the third type of individual - the development-conscious active leader. This is someone who has already achieved a leadership position of sorts, but either wants to increase the success of their teams and their operations,...more
Good news! The people skills that are the core of effective leadership skills are powerful beyond the world of work. They promote strong relationships with friends and family. You can - and you should - use them with your kids. Think about what people skills involve: listening, keeping an open mind when engaging in dialog, accepting the feedback...more
LeadershipLeadership is a skill that many believe you can be born into. The past has produced some great leaders and some great events of people being lead to success or to victory. Leadership can be learnt and can assist you in your workplace or personal life. This article will provide more information on how leadership can make a...more
Leading people to higher levels of productivity is not for the weak at heart. To get strong for leadership, you'll need to take a hard look at some of your work habits. And you'll probably need to improve some of your people skills. Change a habit? You know how hard this is, but sometimes your effectiveness, your happiness - and even your life - may depend on doing so. Improve a skill? There's nothing easy about that either, especially if you already have a habitual way of doing something. But your success as a leader may depend on changing your behavior.So what's involved? How does this kind of learning happen?The first thing you need to know is that all behavior is triggered by thought processes, which happen in the brain. Not in the skin. Not in the muscles. Not in the bones. In the brain. We use different words to describe patterns of behavior, such as traits, habits, routines, skills and strengths. But in the brain, a skill or a habit pattern is the same thing - a behavior pattern - a sequence of perceptions, thoughts, feelings and behaviors efficiently enabled by a web of interconnected brain cells. So unless you consciously decide to do something else, the neural network for...more
A leader of a school group or community group, factory union or an NGO advocating a cause, the leader is always expected to walk the talk and lead by example. This can be very demanding and exhausting for the leader.As a leader there is no set rules...more
Professor Sutton says bosses matter. Why? Because "95% of all workers have bosses, are bosses, or both … and … for more than 75%, dealing with their boss is the most stressful part of their job." So, what would your people say of...more
STRESS is universal. But if STRESS is mismanaged (henceforth referred to as STERSS); its impact on individual and global life varies. One of the major factors that determines; the impact of STRESS is the kind of occupation we are involved in. Thus...more
Most people will say that there's a difference between leaders and managers, but they're not quite sure what it is. Real leaders, however, can readily identify their leadership skills and guide others to develop their own. That's why they're truly...more
If you go to the root of it, about what leadership is all this? The effective leadership styles or wise old men in effective leadership strategies that teach you about B-school? Or is it something that you sit in during his lifetime is too much? Or...more
The wide variety of books that have been written on leadership skills highlight how important this subject is with most people. Why do so many people care about this subject? Leadership skills mean the difference between success or failure in...more