Category: Leadership & Management

Six Things Real Leaders Don’t Do (Like Boss People Around)

Liz Ryan , CONTRIBUTOR Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. (https://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2015/08/08/six-things-real-leaders-dont-do-like-boss-people-around/#661332ed5c05) People get hired or promoted into leadership roles every day. Sadly, when they get the job they may get little or no training on how to lead a team. Because no one tells them how to lead, how to communicate with their team members or how …

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Why the Best Leaders Don’t Call Themselves Leaders

WRITTEN BY MARK FENNER (http://www.riseperformancegroup.com/why-the-best-leaders-dont-call-themselves-leaders/) Every organization needs leaders and leadership is not limited to executives and managers. Leaders are people who take it upon themselves to get a project moving that has fallen off the radar. Leaders are people who take extra time to hear customer concerns and develop appropriate solutions. Leaders are people …

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If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You’re More Likely to Be Happy at Work

Technical competence matters for managers. Source: If Your Boss Could Do Your Job, You’re More Likely to Be Happy at Work   “People don’t quit bad jobs, they quit bad bosses,” according to an old saw. Our research suggests there’s truth behind this saying: bosses matter far more for employee job satisfaction than any other …

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The 4 Styles of Startup Leadership | Inc.com

Which best describes you? Source: The 4 Styles of Startup Leadership | Inc.com “What’s your management style?” is a classic job interview question most people come across as soon as they start supervising others. In response, job seekers dutifully come up with some vaguely flattering and self-descriptive answer that they tweak slightly depending on what …

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You Only Get Better With Feedback

Unless somebody tells you what you’re doing right and wrong, you’re going to have a tough time deciding what to do more and what to stop doing altogether. Source: You Only Get Better With Feedback When is the last time you asked your customers for feedback? Did you encourage open and honest feedback? Did you …

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3 Simple Skills Every Spectacular Leader Masters

Leading today is hard but there are really just three key competencies you need to master to be spectacular. Source: 3 Simple Skills Every Spectacular Leader Masters Leading today is complicated. Our teams are global and virtual. Our hierarchies are flatter. Our environments are more collaborative. On top of that, there are so many different …

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What You Really Need to Do to Make Your Employees Happy (No, It’s Not More Money) | Inc.com

Deep down, every human being wants to find meaning in his or her work. Source: What You Really Need to Do to Make Your Employees Happy (No, It’s Not More Money) | Inc.com Want to inspire your employees to perform at levels you’ve never imagined? In Give and Take, Adam Grant says that when people …

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