What It Takes to Be a Successful Leader

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

Whether you are the head of a large corporation, a small business or just your own family, leadership skills are crucial to your success. No doubt you’ve developed your own leadership style that has served you well. But leadership is a learned skill, and practically anyone can become an even better leader with practice.

Let’s start with some personal attributes that many successful leaders share. Developing these attributes in your own life will help you improve your leadership skills.

1. Personal integrity. The word “integrity” comes from the mathematics term “integer,” which means a “complete entity.” (more…)

Maximize Your Skills for Effective Leadership

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

So you’ve risen through the ranks, and now you have a team to lead. Most new leaders get their position because they’ve shown skill as a worker.

But leadership is about much more than knowing how to do a task well. Leadership involves picking the right tasks and coaching others to do those tasks well.

So here are some tips for new business leaders:

One: Resist the urge to “do the job” that one of your employees should be doing. (more…)

Get Motivated to Increase Your Productivity and Wealth

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

Motivation (noun): The psychological feature that gives purpose and arouses committed action toward a desired goal.

Money is not a true motivator. Money is limited to the tangible things it can provide. Genuine wealth motivation stems from an internal, passionate goal aside from financial gain alone. Goals that are strong enough to keep you on track include: (more…)