Tips for Success:Leadership
1. Recognize that leadership is not a formal position, it is a relationship. If you want to be a leader, you need to earn followers.
2. To be effective, you need to have strong skills in both areas—leadership and management.
3. As a leader, your greatest source of power comes from your character. The more others trust you, the more power you will have.
4. Create a compelling, positive vision for yourself as a leader and for your work group. A vague vision is not motivating to you or to your people.
5. Help your employees see how they contribute to bring the vision to reality.
6. Empower your employees. Give them the freedom to act and make decisions as necessary to get the job done.
7. Clarify the values you ...
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