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Toxic Leadership? Not all leaders are created equal. What’s more, just because a person is in a position of leadership does not automatically mean...
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Leadership means many things to different people. Whether world leaders, political or community leaders or business leaders, there are many definitions.
Nevertheless, there are some common factors which define what being a leader means. Factors such as:
Read our article The ABC of Leadership containing contributions from readers which set out what qualities and attributes we expect from leaders. There are around 300 different named qualities. Just like beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the qualities needed by leaders are in the eye of the perceiver.
Like qualities, the skills required by leaders depend on the situation they find themselves in. Leading a small specialist team requires very different skills than leading a country. This is one of the reasons there are thousands of published books on how to lead.
Most styles depend on the personality of the leader, as well as the culture of the group or organisation. Some of the most common leadership styles
Leaders and managers are often discussed interchangeably. Some leaders manage, and managers who lead. So where do the boundaries lie? Managers are often constrained in the way they lead their team. The parameters they work within sometimes don’t give them sufficient scope to bring their leadership skills to the fore. Conversely, leaders sometimes don’t have management skills or don’t have time to manage. There will always be some overlap. However, both leaders and managers need to understand how to manage and lead themselves.
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Toxic Leadership? Not all leaders are created equal. What’s more, just because a person is in a position of leadership does not automatically mean...
There are parallels between leadership and martial arts Many clichés have been written in recent years about the parallels between leadership and martial arts....
There are 4 Foundations to Trust A joint research report from CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel Development) and the University of Bath entitled Cultivating Trustworthy...
Likeable leaders have these traits Very recently, I wrote an article discussing 6 daily habits to boost your self-confidence. If you have ever worked...
My cousin and I would spend a week at each other’s houses during the summer months when he and I were young boys. Our...
Are you an introverted CEO? Let’s be honest, Thanks to tv and movies, when we think of the stereotypical CEO, a certain picture comes...
Inspiring leadership at work Some say that leaders are born not made, but the truth is anyone can be a leader. People only say...
Agile learning is a phrase that has been recently coined and appears to address several facets in today’s workplaces. Inspired leaders and those who...
Develop awareness of your team dynamic There is no one formula for being a successful leader. However, a leader must have the ability to...
Doing things that make leaders great can be rare Effective leadership is a persistent problem. It seems that hardly anyone knows how to do...
The shift towards spiritual leadership What many leaders decry as “declining loyalty” may be subtle rejections of status and power. Relationships that people perceive...
How Does Yoga Improve Leadership Skills? The art of leadership is a never-ending process of learning that can take a lifetime to master. There...
Credibility can be diminished by the behaviour of the leader Inconveniently, I’ve always had a conscience for some reason. This is not a holier...
Business schools also have lessons about leadership You might expect business schools to know all there is to know about leadership. As the former...
Leadership skills can inspire success Leaders usually have a balancing act to perform. Especially around how much they facilitate their team to contribute to...
Leaders can learn from how athletes develop resilience According to the Oxford English Dictionary, resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties and/or...
Critical thinking is vital for leaders If you are a leader or want to become one, you probably know the importance of critical thinking....
Increasing Awareness of Internal Dialogue Sarah’s team looked at her, waiting. The project had gone well so far but now they had hit a...
In the leadership space and even outside of it, we’ve heard about quizzes and analytics that measure our personality type, our strengths, our emotional...
The world is always changing. As it does, leaders at all levels need to be willing and able to change along with it. While...