The following listings provide a good checklist of traits, characteristics, and attributes effect leaders should have or want to develop. Compare your leadership assets and talents with those discussed here to determine how current your leadership skills are. How are your critical thinking skills? Check out the listing devoted to developing and improving critical thinking skills. Also, see if you agree that leading a group is different from managing a group.
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By Bill Breen
- As a leader, what can you do to find the clarity your followers require? Marcus Buckingham has identified three approaches that will help.
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By Brent Filson
- It's a common occurrence, a CEO leads a company to record earnings, retires and in just a couple of years, those once high-flying earnings are dropping like shot ducks. Observers blame the new leadership team. But most likely the observers are wrong. It's not just the new leaders who are screwing up. Instead, it was most likely the former CEO. Yes, the former, supposedly great CEO. Look to him for what went wrong — and what went wrong provides lessons for leaders at all levels.
(Added: 12-Mar-2007 Hits: 640
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By Pamela Kruger
- It's not easy to become as disastrous a boss as Dennis Kozlowski, Jean-Marie Messier, or Jill Barad -- but you can, if you work at it. And here's the best part: Each of the qualities that you need to be a spectacular failure is widely admired in today's business world.
(Added: 16-Feb-2007 Hits: 611
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By n a
- This article is of particular importance to women in leadership positions and those women aspiring to corporate leadership positions. A nicely defined attribute is discussed intelligently.
(Added: 2-Feb-2007 Hits: 623
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By John Roulet
- Many of us have tired of books, articles, and discussions about leadership. After all, there is so much competing and confusing information in the public domain about leadership. On top of that, today's leaders seem to be getting worse instead of better. But we can't just give-up and let the confusion continue; we need great leadership now more than ever.
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By John Roulet
- Many of us have tired of books, articles, and discussions about leadership. After all, there is so much competing and confusing information in the public domain about leadership. On top of that, today's leaders seem to be getting worse instead of better. But we can't just give-up and let the confusion continue; we need great leadership now more than ever.
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