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20 Ways To Become A Leader

By Ellen Ostrow - This article is aimed at women lawyers. As well as providing women with some tips for becoming leaders, this article can help with changing current ideas about leadership ideals. ^pop (Added: 12-Mar-2007 Hits: 2308 )

20 WAYS TO BECOME A LEADER

By Ellen Ostrow - As the title indicates, discover 20 different strategies and tactics to build your leadership potential (Added: 18-Jun-2007 Hits: 1571 )

25 Rules for Leaders

By n a - Here are 25 quotations from business leaders that will serve you well in your quest for self-development as an effective leader. "Prevent Erosion of Human Assets" is one of the rules. The other twenty four are also worth reading and studying. ^pop (Added: 16-Feb-2007 Hits: 2334 )

7 Steps to create a Culture of Character

By Rebecca Barnett - Leaders and leaders-to-be can benefit from this article. Learn how you can create a culture of character in your organization. It's a fundamental lesson that company character does matter. (Added: 21-Feb-2007 Hits: 1545 )

A Look in the Mirror Can Help Leaders Develop

By Albert Vicere - Some forty years ago in a classic Harvard Business Review article entitled The Power To See Ourselves, Paul J. Brower wrote that the difference between a great and not so great leader is often not a difference in ability, rather “the difference lies in self-concept.” Similarly, Peter Drucker declared in his soon-to-be classic HBR article entitled Managing Oneself, “Success comes to those who know themselves—their strengths, their values, and how they best perform.” The message of both authors is simple yet profound—leadership effectiveness is directly related to how well leaders know themselves, how confident they are in being who they are, and how able they are to engage others in the pursuit of their goals. ^new (Added: 20-Mar-2011 Hits: 239 )

Blowing Your Own Leadership Horn

By Brent Filson - There is an art to self-promotion. Use these tips for getting the kind of attention that will win you accolades, rather than allow people tune you out regularly. (Added: 20-Feb-2007 Hits: 1066 )

Boost Your Leadership Skills By Disciplining Yourself In The Way Of The Question Mark

By Brent Filson - Learn how practicing the 'Way of the Question Mark' can enhance your relationships with the people you lead so you get a lot more results as a leader. See how this works and how effective a leader you can become. (Added: 20-Feb-2007 Hits: 1276 )

Congratulations, You're Promoted (Now What?)

By Eric Matson - The transition from team player to the leader can make -- or break -- your career. Here's Fast Company's six-point leadership guide. (Added: 6-Mar-2003 Hits: 929 )

Delegating Responsibility- Learn How to Delegate Responsibility to Your Employees

By Karen Schweitzer - Delegating responsibility is a valuable asset for any leader within an organization. Read these tips on how to delegate responsibility, not just delegate tasks. (Added: 20-Apr-2007 Hits: 651 )

Delegation as a Leadership Style: Tips for Effective Delegation

By Susan M. Heathfield - These tips will help you to delegate more effectively and are sure to help you develop the future leaders in your organization. (Added: 20-Apr-2007 Hits: 511 )

Do You Have the Will to Lead?

By Polly LeBarre - Philosopher Peter Koestenbaum poses the truly big questions: How do we act when risks seem overwhelming? What does it mean to be a successful human being? (Added: 6-Mar-2003 Hits: 544 )

Employee Motivation - Creating A Self-Motivation Action Plan

By n a - Learn how to develop your own self-motivation action plan. You will see for yourself how creating and following such a plan will keep you motivated and productive without unhealthy stress and excessive willpower. (Added: 21-Feb-2007 Hits: 852 )

Growing into a leader

By Porus P. Munshi - Being promoted to a management or supervisor job isn't the end of learning -- it's the beginning. This article looks at the first two levels of management development, where the first level is the first-time manager, and the second level is the beginning of the middle-management hierarchy. (Added: 3-Apr-2006 Hits: 617 )

How Do We Break Out of the Box We're Stuck In?

By Keith Hammonds - You'll take away tons of lessons about this leader from the Ford Motor Company. You can see first-hand how a true leader influences others and how this individual deals with being dyslexic and how he has become an extremely effective leader. (Added: 16-Feb-2007 Hits: 575 )

How Leaders Can Command, Not Demand, Respect

By Christine W. Zust - Taken literally, there doesn't seem to be much difference between the verbs command and demand. At the end of the day, one would rather command respect -- meaning having that respect voluntarily given -- than demand respect. Demanded respect is an oxymoron. Learn how you can earn respect as a leader in your organization. (Added: 12-Mar-2007 Hits: 519 )

How to Walk Your Talk: Leadership and Sponsorship in Action

By Susan M. Heathfield - The power of an organization’s leaders in creating the organization’s values, environment, culture and actions is immeasurable. Want to know how to “walk the talk” to enable organization change and improvement? Want to take the power away from the oft-repeated employee complaint that managers don’t walk their talk? Start here to learn how to walk your talk. (Added: 20-Apr-2007 Hits: 427 )

Lead the Team: How to be the Person Others Follow: Leadership Success Secrets

By Susan M. Heathfield - Does this sound like you? Your job description doesn't specify leadership activities. You want to gain attention for your leadership abilities. Then study these tips for getting noticed as 'a natural leader'. (Added: 20-Apr-2007 Hits: 384 )

Leadership Development - Are You a Lateral Leader?

By Paul Sloane - It is always worthwhile to step back and review your personal management style and to ask how effective it is in managing your team and achieving your collective goals. As an aid in this process, let’s contrast two extremes of style that we have designated as the conventional leader and the lateral leader (Added: 18-Nov-2009 Hits: 198 )

Leadership Development - Results focused Leadership thinking and practice from around the Globe

By Albert Vicere - Once you define your leadership strengths and challenges, you have to be willing to deal with the insights and implications. And that means looking into the mirror and making a commitment to do what you need to do, each and every day, to be a more open, engaging, inspiring leader. (Added: 18-Nov-2009 Hits: 158 )

Lessons in Linguistic Chivalry

By Jody Urquhart - This is an excellent article about good listening techniques. As a developing leader learn how to hone your listening skills. (Added: 20-Feb-2007 Hits: 274 )