Each of you, as a leader, has a passion for achieving your leadership goals and aspirations. As a member of the About Leaders community, you see the importance of taking the time to learn about other leaders and how to refine your leadership skills. With this in mind, I want

Effective leadership skills learned in one profession usually transfer to most new jobs, so I decided to make a change. After 18 years of working and serving in numerous roles in Juvenile Corrections (JC), I changed my career path. It was a very hard decision to make after 18 years.

Perhaps one of the best parts of being an effective leader is knowing that the work you choose to do each day is in alignment with your personal goals and convictions and values. Such internal synergy can create a sense of great calm—what I like to refer to as the

Thinking about the critical skills of leadership, I will put my hand up and admit that it took me a number of years after I became a manager to understand the difference between a manager and a leader. I did what my manager was doing and thought that would work.

Team trust is the basis for every successful team, and it is foundational in terms of having highly motivated, happy, and productive teams. We all know that trust needs to be earned. Here are the top 10 indicators that your team may not fully trust you yet, and what you

Leadership is often about making one big decision – a decision to make many consistent small, positive decisions. It’s important to recognize the profoundly positive impact that can come from seemingly insignificant actions. When I speak publicly, my focus is on sharing stories that I hope to highlight how the biggest

As far as leadership skills go, how good are you at being a loser? How prepared are you to lose? No one wants to be a loser, right? Everyone wants to win. Isn’t that what leadership is about, taking your team to the next level and winning the ultimate prize?

Project manager tips for all levels of managers. Even the most seasoned project managers often find it difficult to successfully oversee an entire project because with every assignment comes new challenges and different criteria. With these six expert tips, you can work on fine-tuning your multitasking abilities to become the

Lead by serving others. Leadership, for over three decades, has used MBWA – Manage By Walking About. It has been the recommendation to managers to get out from behind their desks and into the work areas to see what employees are doing. The premise is that by observing the workers, one

Last week I heard a group of leaders say, “If our leaders could just engage our employees to work when they are here, we would be unstoppable!” Can you relate to this? Now, let’s think about this situation from the perspective of employees. “If we could just get great leaders