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Seven Tips for Becoming a Better Leader You won't become a better leaders simply by reading about it: you need to practise what you learn. The Number One Failing of Really Useless Leaders Leaders shouldn't hope to get better by looking at inspirational leaders such as Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa. We can learn far more from assessing the damage done by bad leaders. Two Serious Failings of Really Useless Leaders Poor business leaders fail to recognize the importance of emotion and explanation in the workplace Three Steps to Unleashing Your Team's Potential Most people could perform at a much higher level than they do if their boss created a suitable environment for them to flourish in. In many instances, it's the boss who is holding the team back by trying to control it too closely. Are You the Worst Leader in the World? The biggest single hurdle preventing employees from increasing their performance is their bosses. The Ultimate Leadership Strategy Most executives know they should put poeple first. So why don't they? How to Learn from Your Leadership Mistakes Success can stop you learning, but mistakes can kickstart change. Leadership Lessons from the Presidential Election Business executives don't have to win votes to get appointed. But to be a successful leader, in the corporate world or the political world, you need to know who you are and what you stand for. Two Questions to Help You Change Your Leadership Style There are ways you can overcome resistance to changing your leadership style. Unknown Facts About Leadership Revealed Do charismatic CEOs have any effect on business performance? Three More Reasons Why CEOs Fail There are many reasons that can contribute to a CEO's lack of success. Here we look at three that concern key stakeholders in the business, and offer some strategies that will help you to avoid the pitfalls many others have fallen into. The Death of Leadership Leadership is dead. Or, if not dead, it's in a coma. Executives all over the world are so overwhelmed with the day-to-day nitty-gritty of their jobs and hampered by the lack of support from the board that they don't have the time or energy to be good leaders. The Three Forgotten Reasons Why CEOs Fail Some of reasons CEOs lose their jobs may seem to be out of your control. But there are always things you can do. So if you plan to be chief executive one day, here are some strategies you can employ to improve your chances of success. The Two Main Reasons Why CEOs Fail So you're going to be chief executive one day. But once you've got there, how are you going to hang on to your job? Well, there have been many high-profile failures in recent months and it's possible to learn from those mistakes. How Cutting Back Communication Can Save You Time and Money - Part I How do you communicate with your staff? If you rely on the HR department to fire off an email, you're missing vital opportunities to influence and inspire people - and that means you're wasting time and money. How to Win at Leading Change What happens when you want to introduce change in your business? Does the top team spend weeks on meetings and memos, call the staff to a big meeting, announce the change with an impressive array of PowerPoint slides, only for the employees to file out whispering 'here we go again'? The Essential Leadership Skill - Managing Office Politics One of the skills that successful leaders need to master is a bit of a dirty word these days. It's not the sort of thing they offer leadership training courses on, but it lies at the heart of most business relationships. What I'm talking about is office politics. The Truth About Leadership - It's Good to Talk Business leaders generally don't 'do' anything. The truth is they talk for a living. If you're a successful leader, your conversations won't be unstructured and pointless. As a result of your conversations, things will happen. How Cutting Back Communication Can Save You Time and Money - Part II It has been shown over and over again that a 'rich' communication style - face-to-face, and usually one-to-one - is the best way to communicate complex messages. But you can't debate everything with everyone face-to-face, so what should you do?