FOUR STEPS TO IMPROVING YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS:
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RELATED LEADERSHIP TOOLS
1.4 Leader Principles 4.1 Organizational Design 9.2 Situational Leadership
1.6 Boards of Play 9.1 Leadership Versatility 14.7 Personal Preferences
FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE
Bellman, Geoffrey. Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge.Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Bennis, Warren. An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change.Addison-Wesley, 1993.
Bennis, Warren, and Bert Nanus. Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge.Harper & Row, 1985.
Benton, Debra. How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top.Warner Books, 1996.
10 SECTION 1 FOUNDATIONALCONCEPTS
- In which area of leadership do you feel you most need to improve?
- How might you go about making those improvements?
- Develop a brief action plan for making those improvements. It doesn’t have to be elaborate. A few sim-
ple steps will do. - Now, follow through with this plan. You’ll be surprised at how leadership skills can be developed with
just a little work and discipline.