effective leadership

14 Leadership Traits Of An Effective Leader

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There is no one effective leadership style.  In fact, 2 completely different leaders put in the same situation can both achieve amazing results. With all the different management styles and different types of leaders, is there “the best style”?  Without putting a finger to the best style, let’s look at the traits that make an … Read more

The 11 Traps Successful Leaders Know To Watch For

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Markets and companies go through cycles all the time.  Sometimes, cycles return healthy profits and times are easy.  Other times, it can become difficult to stay in the black.  Do leaders get caught in cycles as well?  Are there traps that successful leaders avoid to stay “on top of the game”? Leaders are faced with … Read more

The 6 Proven Practices Of Effective Leaders (Video)

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Whether it be successful Entrepreneurs, Business Owners or even athletes, successful people have practices that guide their success.   These practices help them hone their skills and drive their results further.  If I were to ask you who was the most effective leader you know, would it take you a while to come up with an … Read more

How Great Leaders Inspire Action – Simon Sinek Ted Talks [Video]

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I wrote recently about starting with the Why with personal development when trying to improve on a skill. I wanted to share with you a video from Simon Sinek that masterfully explains Why in more detail. In this video, Simon discusses the pattern that all successful leaders have in inspiring action. According to Simon, all … Read more

Why a Customer Centric Environment Is Crucial To Your Success

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If you are in business, you know that you are not alone. No matter your market, there are competitors vying for your customer’s business. Customers have more and more access to information through social media and the internet. They can easily research the vast array of options they have. So how can you differentiate yourself … Read more

Key Effective Leadership Traits – Roselinde Torres on Ted Talk [Video]

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In this video, Roselinde Torres shares a study of 4000 companies that were asked about the effectiveness of their leadership programs.

She further questions:

Why is the leadership gap widening?

What are the successful leaders doing?

It is true that companies invest so much money in leadership programs without seeing an increase in effective leadership.  Is it in the program itself or in the follow-up of the training program after?  A topic for a future blog post.

Roselinde suggests you ask three questions in order to measure your leadership effectiveness:

  • Where are you looking to anticipate change?
  • What is the diversity measure of your personal and professional network?
  • Are you courageous enough to abandon the past? Even abandon a practice that made you successful.

I particularly enjoy question 3.  Too often we stick to the same methods because it worked for us in the past only to fail to realize that it is no longer an effective method.

What questions do you ask to measure your leadership effectiveness, or the effectiveness of others?