Building and maintaining relationships is our last leadership foundation, but this is certainly one of the most important parts of your leadership persona. Your ability to build relationships will assist you in influence and persuasion, building your own team - and having great relationships with each team member, as well as building relationships with key [...]

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As a visionary leader, you see the big picture and communicate to the team effectively - after all, it’s your vision! You also see the big picture behind every day events, such as what motivates people, what inspires them, and what issues cause them to have conflict. You can react to those big picture hints [...]

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Your ability to show adaptability and flexibility is essentially a part of your emotional intelligence - in fact, you may develop this trait as you advance in leadership, but why wait? Adaptability and flexibility shows your team and your superiors that you can act in a way that encourages change at all times, in a [...]

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Since most of today’s leadership situations don’t allow us the dramatic opportunity of Joan of Arc or George Washington, we have to define courageous leadership in the modern age. Just what is courageous leadership and how can you practice it every day, in every situation?
One of the first definitions of courageous leadership is addressing difficult [...]

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Building teams as a leader is not just a willingness to assign work groups or work as part of a team yourself - it’s all about building and facilitating teams. Two of the greatest American leaders, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, were famous team builders who searched for team members in their opposition and brought [...]

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