Recognizing Leadership Qualities
Leadership comes in many forms. In the family, a father is considered the leader of the home; in team sports, the captain or skipper is considered the leader of the team; while the CEO or manager is considered the leader in a company or organizations. The leaders in all three examples have something in common, which is that they guide, manage, and direct others to accomplish different tasks. In the case of the father, his work is to ensure everybody is taken care of in the family financially and otherwise. That of the captain of a team sport is to ensure the other members of his or her team effectively carry out their jobs, and the team wins every match they play. While the job of the CEO or manager is to ensure all employees do their jobs properly and the company is always making a profit.
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Quick View
In general, a person with strong leadership qualities has the capability of making planned and visionary goals and convincing others to pursue these goals. A leader does this by setting specific goals and then motivating others and instilling in them the desire to succeed and achieve those goals. A good leader does not only talk the talk, but he also walks the walk by ensuring he steps up in periods of crisis, and can think creatively in dire situations.
Increase Your Leadership Skills
There are individuals who are what they call natural born leaders; probably due to the fact of where they grew up or their past experiences, they developed strong leadership skills. However, the good thing is that everybody can learn and improve their leadership skills through proper mentoring, guidance, and coaching by individuals who have vast leadership skills. These individuals are known as leadership speakers; they lecture people on various leadership skills and how to become effective leaders. They also help people hone their leadership skills so as to become better leaders.WHAT OUR CLIENTS ARE SAYING
"Bringing our Latin America team together with Randy Taylor was a stroke of genius. The timing along with his key messages on Leadership were extremely well received by all attendees. His "stories" were inspirational and relevant considering the unprecedented challenges facing the management team in Latin America. More people need to hear about the phenomenal benefits of "being here" and "living in the moment" and the correlation to productivity".Michael Hortie-President Motorola Canada /Latin America
"Waldo has a great ability to translate his military experience into key sales and leadership principles that can apply to each of us. His story lines around teamwork, trust, preparation, and execution really resonated with our organization. We'll continue to 'Push it up!' here at HP!" Chris Ogburn, Director, Hewlett-Packard Personal Systems Group
"Thank you so much for your keynote presentation and breakout session during our NWFA Wood Flooring Expo & Annual Convention last week at the Music City Center in Nashville! You did a wonderful job and your presentation was very well received. Here is a link to an article that our Hardwood Floors Magazine published and some testimonials we received from our members. Great job!"
Heather C. Wegge, Director of Conventions & Expositions of National Wood Flooring Association
"You were our top rated speaker from all the events I have planned (since 2006 and at least 4 events a year). Great job." Mass Mutual
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