How to Develop Leadership Skills: A Guide for Small Business Owners

With strong leadership, your team will likely show more enthusiasm and commitment to tasks. This isn’t just about making your business a happier place; it’s about hitting those quarterly targets and outperforming competitors. In a nutshell, great leaders don’t just direct; they elevate others, driving the whole business toward better results.

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10 Important Skills Every Leader Should Build

“Many ‘leaders’ expect to be the captain of the ship and think that everyone should listen to them on the direction they should go. Effective leaders are the best listeners and are able to distill the insights from the experts on their team into a sound strategy that individually they would never be able to craft. This also creates better team buy-in toward the mission since the team was involved.”

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The Magic Question to Influence Others

Zoe teaches smart, kind people to raise money for charity, get elected to political office, fund startups, start movements, save lives, find love, negotiate great deals and job offers, and even get along better with their kids. She insists she only helps people to use their superpower of influence as a force for good. Zoe believes that most of us want to be more influential but don’t know where to start to shift people’s thinking. Too many times we say “no” for other people instead of asking them to do what we want. We discussed:

Small Biz TrendsConcierge Notary ServicesSeptember 13, 2022concierge notary, influencer, work, employee, leadership, businessComment

To Get Results, the Best Leaders Both Push and Pull Their Teams

When you see a task that needs to be accomplished by your team, do you “push” them to get it done or do you “pull” them in, giving them a say in how they carry it out and using inspiration and motivation to get them going? These are two very different approaches to reach a goal, and the latter is often the best one, but knowing how to combine these two paths is an important skill for managers and leaders.

The More Senior Your Job Title, the More You Need to Keep a Journal

The French philosopher Blaise Pascal pointed out that “All of humanity’s problems come from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” He didn’t mean sitting quietly in front of a laptop responding to emails. The best thinking comes from structured reflection — and the best way to do that is keeping a personal journal.

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