Category: FAQ-Leadership Skills, Actions & Behaviors
We can talk about leadership traits, abilities, values, and personalities, but there’s a bottom line regarding effective leadership. Good leaders have different skills, and act and behave differently than do less effective leaders.
Q&A: Ground Rules For Teams And Groups — Should We Have Some?
The following question is about a workplace, but the things that make teams function well apply to ANY kind of group or team, whether it’s a sports team, non-profit action group, or in the home (yes, your family is a…
Empowering Shy Team Members: Strategies for Effective Leadership
How To Encourage Shy Group Or Team Members To Participate (Leading A Team) Question:As a meeting and group leader how can I encourage one extremely shy and sensitive team member to share her excellent ideas during our group meetings? One…
Leaders Getting Their Hands Dirty – Jumping In
Team Leadership: Should A Leader Take Over During Crunch Time? Question: I have recently been promoted to group leader so I am now leading my former co-workers. In spite of being new to the leadership game, things are running smoothly….
Getting Information From Others – A Leadership Skill
Communication – Key To Leadership Success When most people think about communication linked to effective leadership, they usually think about “sending information” or communication TO others. That’s certainly important, but it’s easy to forget that getting information FROM others is…
Leading The Shy, Quiet and Reticent Team Members
How To Encourage Shy Group Or Team Members To Participate (Leading A Team) Question: As a meeting and group leader how can I encourage one extremely shy and sensitive team member to share her excellent ideas during our group meetings?…
Why should leaders delegate?
Delegation is one of the most important management skills for leaders. The benefits are huge, both for the leader, for staff, and for the organization. We’ve created a short delegation cheatsheet or helpcard where we’ve outlined the purposes, and benefits…
What is Servant Leadership? (Greenleaf)
Servant Leadership – A Collaborative Approach Servant leadership is an approach to leadership coined and explained by Robert Greenleaf who suggests that effective leadership is not about doing something TO followers, or manipulating people, but involves serving their needs (hence…
What’s the difference between delegating and dumping?
While delegation is a powerful tool for leaders, it’s important to do it properly, and understand the difference between delegating and dumping. Delegating refers to giving up some control and assigning tasks to others, usually subordinates. Delegating involves both the…
Servant Leadership and Influencing Others
By Marta Driesslein Editor’s Note: There are a number of approaches to influencing others. In this article Marta Driesslein uses the servant leader perspective developed by Greenleaf to suggest how leaders can more effectively influence others. What you want done,…
Leadership – How Planning Transforms Into Doing
Summary:Â If you think of an organization as a ship, the “leader” is responsible for planning out the destination of the trip. However, no matter how good a leader is in creating strategy and planning, if the strategies and plans don’t…
