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Why Great Leaders Get a Good Night’s Sleep
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...
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10 Books That Will Help Your Leadership Skills Flourish
'Leaders are born rather than made.' Some might agree with this statement, holding up Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerburg, or Bill Gates as a model. They all are introverts, but still leaders whose shoes we'd love to be in. They all had to overcome their introversion somehow...
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Leadership Skills and Organizational Communication
Leadership skills and communication skills are at the foundation of making great leaders. Communication has matured over a relatively short period, changing from customary face-to-face dialogue to the use of innovative technology to increase efficiency and...
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5 Ways to Increase Your Value in the Job Market
You’re successful and ambitious, but you won’t feel satisfied until you reach the very top. The climb can be hard at times, but there are a few things you can do to make it easier. If you want to increase your value in the job market, all of the effort starts outside...
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6 Critical Skills of Leadership
Thinking about 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 simply did what my manager was doing and thought that would work. How naïve that was! I...
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3 Tips to Successfully Lead an Online Team
Virtual teams can be a challenge to manage. It’s not simply about labor cost or offshore labor. We will be dealing with real people and will, therefore, need real management skills. The greatest challenges I have experienced in leading remote or distributed teams all...
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Leadership Skills: Persuasion and Influence
Persuasion and influence are both leadership skills, but persuasion is not the same thing as influence. Convincing someone to do what you want them to do is persuasion. On the other hand, influence is part of your identity. Influence is your presence. Influence is a...
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10 Solutions for Building Trust in Your Team
Trust is the basis for every successful relationship 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...
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7 Common Leadership Mistakes
There are leadership mistakes that we make on a regular basis. There are also umpteen posts out there extolling the virtues of good leaders, what leadership skills are, and how to instill them. But, leaders are also people. They are prone to make mistakes. When a...
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8 Ways to Successfully Manage Remote Teams
In recent years, remote work has become more of a norm than an exception. According to a study conducted by Leadership IQ, people who work from home are almost twice as likely to love their jobs than the ones working in a traditional site. Furthermore, almost 70% of...
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