Essential Leadership Skills for any leader or manager. Contains articles and block writings on leadership, leadership skills, management skills for both new and seasoned leaders and managers.
Leadership lessons – What leaders and managers actually do? · We have been talking lately a lot about leadership skills and abilities. I think it is time to spend a little time on what leaders actually do in their work so we have a bit of a clearer target to start aiming at as we …
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Essential Leadership Skills: Say “no” – even to your boss · To be a high performer at your work and advance quickly on your career, you have to be able to focus on things that matter. This means that you have to be able to focus on your high priority topics and have to be …
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12 Most important leadership skills and abilities · What are the most important leadership skills and abilities? What leadership skills should I learn? I hear these questions quite often and here is one answer that has been working for me and many others quite well. This list might look a bit different than many others …
Leadership Lessons: False beliefs and misconceptions about leaders and management careers · There are many misconceptions about leaders, leadership, and building management careers. These misconceptions are very limiting and prevent too many people from even thinking about starting a management career or becoming a leader. I have listed and broken down the most common misconceptions …
Pursuing a leadership career – why should you lead? · A bit more philosophical article today, as I am pondering the reasons for pursuing a leadership career despite all the challenges it brings to our lives. Leadership and leading professionally is one career path that in my opinion stands apart from many of the other …
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Essential Leadership Skills: Leading up · The concept of leading up is essential for the efficient cooperation with your manager and upper management. If you feel that your manager or other managers are constantly bothering you, or questioning your work and requiring more reports, this happens most likely because you do not provide enough information …
Leadership lessons: Your identity – you are not your title · When you ask people who they are, their answers are often something like project manager, developer, engineer, director, vice president, CEO etc. , even outside the work environment. While your work and title are a part of your identity, you should not let them …
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Essential Leadership Skills: How to Lead Remotely · Current situation with COVID-19 and lockdowns have changed how we work (at least for a now), as many of us haven’t probably trained or even thought about long-time remote work and leading completely remote teams before. While many of us are already used to home office days …
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Essential Leadership skills: Act like a leader, talk like a leader, become a leader · Once you start to act like a leader and talk like a leader, you are well on your way to becoming one. Here are just a few simple mindsets and patterns of behaviour that will set you on the right …
Essential Leadership Skills: Leaders rely on trust and respect to wield influence · Building trust between everyone you are working with is essential for every leader. This includes your colleagues, your manager and his peers, the higher management and especially the customers, if you are in contact with them. Without trust you won’t have much …
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