U.S. President, Lyndon Johnson famously said, “The only real power available to the leader is the power of persuasion.” He wasn’t wrong. Success as a leader hinges on learning to persuade people at work to buy into your plans and take actions you want them to take. Therefore, your leadership development program should include building … Read more
Some team stress at work is to be expected. Plus, people do bring their personal stresses to work with them. But, a prolonged high level of job-induced stress is a problem that leaders need to address. Such stress is harmful to employees’ health and to business performance. This is why the best leaders include learning … Read more
When it comes to your workforce, employee engagement is crucial to productivity. It’s also important to retain quality team members. A study of employees discovered that three-quarters of employees report they aren’t looking for a new job, but they would be open if the right opportunity arose. Another study showed that nearly 80% of employees … Read more
Managing your time well is the smoothest path to reaching your professional and personal goals. The numbers of people who fail to achieve their long-term professional and personal goals are incalculable. A personal problem with planning and managing responsibilities is typically at least a large contributor to those outcomes. By contrast, people who’ve succeeded know … Read more
Constant decision-making is the nature of leadership. Decisions that leaders must make tend to carry much more weight than making typical everyday choices. Success or failure for many people often hangs in the balance when a leader is weighing an important decision. In so many cases, the outcome will positively or negatively impact careers and … Read more
If you want to improve your leadership skills, do what some people call a “gut check.” The guts of leadership are the alchemic mix of natural talent, a drive to succeed, and a sincere empathy towards those who need to be led and inspired. Talent: We can’t really define it, but we know it when … Read more
Effective teamwork is the way leaders achieve big goals. Learning to work well as a team strengthens coworkers’ collective performance. Many managers have difficulty building a cohesive team, which limits their potential for success. Leaders who learn how to foster teamwork can take their companies to new levels of financial performance. A leader must be … Read more
Conflict management is recognised as a standard leadership skill. That’s because conflict in the workplace is inevitable. Wherever people are trying to accomplish anything together, or even just near each other, conflicts naturally arise. Therefore, good leadership is not in trying to figure out how to avoid workplace conflict, which actually can’t be done. It’s … Read more
As the natural potential for leadership success is inherent in every person, that means the essential traits for effective leadership are naturally within people who seek leadership careers. So, there’s no cause to question whether an individual naturally has “what it takes” to lead effectively. The answer can be found in another question, “What does … Read more
There’s a vast difference between believing in accountability in theory and actually admitting fault in practice. The temptation to shift accountability can be overwhelming when oncoming stakeholders are moments away from fully blaming you for some failure or impactful mistake. It’s definitely a moment that calls for a leader to tap his or her inner … Read more