It’s been said leaders are made and not born. While it’s true many great leaders tend to share certain traits, anyone can learn to be an effective leader if they’re willing to develop the characteristics of leadership. Let’s review some of these key traits common to effective leaders: They promote the vision, mission, and purpose…
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Understanding the difference between the role of a manager and a leader is crucial to maximizing the potential of your people. A manager’s job is to plan, organize and coordinate. A leader’s job is to inspire and motivate. Leadership and management must go hand in hand. They are not the same thing. But they are…
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When poet Robert Burns penned those words more than two hundred years ago about seeing ourselves through the eyes of others in his famous poem (To a Louse, 1786), he could not have known they would apply so fittingly today. As a manager or leader in our organization, we often fail to consider how others…
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