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Liliana A.

@lilianaa63

Leadership and fear

In today's social economy, servant leaders will cast a company vision and enroll their followers to express their voice as co-creators and co-contributors to the vision.

And their first priority is creating psychological safety among their tribes: They pump the fear out of the room and liberate their people to freely collaborate, innovate, and engage.

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7 Harsh Truths That Will Improve Your Leadership Skills Overnight

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Leadership

7 Leadership Qualities & Characteristics of Good Leaders | Brian Tracy

Many leadership qualities have been observed throughout history. Some were adopted by bad leaders while others were exhibited by good leaders. In either case, the characteristics of those in charge correlated to their ability to accomplish their goals. Just as importantly, those same traits determined how much - or how little - their followers looked up to them.

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Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to ..."

Jack Welch

Vision

Great leaders have a clear, exciting idea of where they are going. They are excellent at strategic planning.

While a manager gets the job done, great leaders tap into the emotions of their employees.

Winston Churchill

“Courage is rightly considered the foremost of the virtues, for upon it, all others depend.” &

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Melody N.

@melodydnn84

3 Dangers of Charismatic Leadership

Very few leadership attributes have as dangerous a downside as charisma. This is largely true because the outward signs of good charisma and bad charisma are similar. Here are three broad categories of dangerous charisma, and how to avoid them in your personal leadership. 1.

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Addicted to charisma

A leader who employs too much charisma can come to rely on this ability as an end unto itself. Charismatic leaders can charm themselves.

Authentic leaders understand (...

Becoming addicted to a charismatic leader

An overly-charismatic leader draws focus from the rest of the organization by demanding all the attention. When the focus shifts to the personal characteristics of the leader, accountability is diminished.

The followers can become overly dependent on the leader for all manner of large and small directions and decisions. The enterprise loses the ability to be resilient in the face of changing realities.

To avoid organizational dependency

... leaders must ask themselves:

Do I spend my time empowering others to make decisions, or does my involvement force people to look to me for answers?
How often do I dive into details that belong to others?
How do my actions and attention help – or prevent – others from taking greater responsibility and accountability for their actions?

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Liliana A.

@lilianaa63

The Most In-Demand Skills in Digital Leadership

Leadership is a driving factor in the success of a business particularly in this age of digital. The pace of change means that today's leaders need to be reactive and proactive in the face of challenges. Find out 8 key traits of a successful digital leader.

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Talent Spotting

Digital leaders don’t have to do everything themselves, but they must be able to spot the areas of their organization that need improving. Moreover, they need to be able to hire an...

Adaptability

Sudden changes in the industry can disrupt the status quo, potentially derailing the success of your organization. In these situations a leader must remain flexible and adaptable, ready to make the quick decisions that can keep the company on track with minimal negative impact.

Risk-Taking

Putting speed and innovation ahead of tried-and-tested business practices often makes leaders cautious. However, in a fast-changing world, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.

For a start-up, the risks can be even greater but innovation is impossible without risk. And if you can’t take risks, you may not be cut out to be a digital leader.

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