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Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

koleadeleye — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:56:20 -0000

All the points above on the leadership skills are spot on. There is a comment below that in DELEGATION you can only delegate the work but not the responsibility - Great comment.

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Electric Scooter — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:07:43 -0000

thank you for your book review. There no necessary to buy the book any more

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Nadeesha — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:33:54 -0000

Wow.. I wish I found this sooner..
"You can’t do everything. A great leader needs to be able to delegate effectively." - I find that very profound!!
Cheers!

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

Caravaggio — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:43:20 -0000

I read some books about leadership skills, and many articles, but to be honest, without an experience, that's nothing. I had once the chance to leader a team, and you learn more with the experience once than with thousand books, but, of course you should have some theory :)

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Eva — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:43:55 -0000

"Great leaders are followers too. If you’re a leader without following, you’re a dictator. "

I like this. But I have never aware that great leader are followers. Thanks for information.

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fafan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:42:26 -0000

Wow nice tips, I will learn to improve my leadership skills.
Thanks for the tips Ben.

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guitar teacher — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:39:02 -0000

Delegation is so important. It helps get more done and gives the employee a sense of ownership in the business.

I believe that when the employee has an interest in the business other than just earning a paycheck, you get new ideas, great customer service and other dividends.

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Mark — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:39:07 -0000

Yes you right, we may also need to hire employees to help us run our business if we cannot handle everything on our own. Then there is the matter of supplies. The supplies you will need depend on our choices.And all about need leadership skills to handle.Nice article ,so informative. Thanks

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

Ben Yoskovitz — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:47:49 -0000

@Harley: Glad you enjoyed the post. Thanks for commenting, and hope you'll keep reading!

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Harley Lever — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:06:50 -0000

Great post Ben!

I have studied leadership for years. Taking courses, reading everything possible about the subject, attending seminars, and picking the brains of business leaders. Your post touches upon everything I have learned.

I just attended a seminar by a company called The Open Organization http://www.theopenorganizat... and they have developed a system based on emotional intelligence skills that today's leaders must have. They do a great job at taking it one step further. As you discussed often new leaders do not know what it means to truly lead. Emotional intelligence is key!

Thanks again Ben!

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Commenter — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:13:18 -0000

I tend to think that creativity and thinking outside the box are the most important business skills for leaders, since leaders are the ones who set trends.

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Destra — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:45:48 -0000

Great post Ben, I'm an entrepreneur and know for sure why we need those skills. Leading a business is not that easy, if we start our own business, then we have to be a leader for our business too...

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

RJacobsen — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:59:06 -0000

You joked about a strong leader being able to properly communicate.. but the truth is, I've met several individuals that are great leaders; they just lack the ability to effectively express what they are thinking to others.

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Ryan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 10:17:40 -0000

I tend to think that creativity and thinking outside the box are the most important business skills for leaders, since leaders are the ones who set trends.

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Jake — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:40:23 -0000

Re "Delegation", one thing that has always served me well is to remember, "You can delegate the work. You can never delegate the responsibility".

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Martin — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:34:19 -0000

Point #8 is a great one. I'm working to improve on it.

Thanks.
Martin
http://SimpleBigIdeaBusines...

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

LED Screen Specialist — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:05:49 -0000

Ben,
great post! I think that something else that makes a great leader is that they wants to have around people that are better than themselves: an A player hire an A+ player!

Fabio Aversa

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Leema — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:47:25 -0000

Ben,
Be a follower is a skill leaders must have in this era of emerging technology.If one knows when to step aside and encourage another to take charge,one can truly learn from following.

Leema

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Anjali Mayekar — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:00:30 -0000

Well Said Ben!
I think, all these skills are required not only in business but to lead your own life. The number seven : Be brave and honest, sounds simple but the most difficult one. It is often challenging to prsent your honest thoughts in balanced manner.

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

Ben Yoskovitz — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:57:41 -0000

Greg -- Thanks for the great, detailed comment, I appreciate it. Hope you'll stick around Instigator Blog.

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Greg Selker — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:46:19 -0000

Ben,

Good post. In evaluating thousands of leaders over 18 years as an executive search professional, and for the past 3 years specifically conducting leadership assessment and development sessions with senior executives, it is clear to me that leadership fundamentally springs from acting and behaving in a manner that is consistent with your values. The most successful leaders have a deep understanding of who they are, what they are committed to in life and the world that is beyond producing financial results, and the ideal values they are committed are demonstrated by them personally and in their organization's culture.

It is my experience that when a leader takes the time to distinguish values-based behaviors they can implement within the circumstances they currently face, real growth and development occur and results are produced for them and their organizations at unprecedented levels.

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

Ben Yoskovitz — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:05:18 -0000

David - Glad to hear that. Happy to help! And good luck on your paper...

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David Kagoro — Fri, 18 May 2007 11:19:08 -0000

This has been of good help to my during my project term paper preparation of my MBA programme at ESAMI

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Ben Yoskovitz — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:32:11 -0000

Hey Roland - Ahahaha. Very cool. Well, I can't be the only one that's had these thoughts, of course, it's just a question of expressing them and putting them out there for others to discuss and debate, so I'm glad you're doing that.

And thanks for stopping by and commenting.

Re: 10 Essential Business Leadership Skills

Roland Jeffries — Tue, 08 May 2007 16:45:20 -0000

Oh. My. God. If I didn't know better, I would swear I stole this post for my own blog. But you have to admit, it left me with more time to devote to becoming a good leader!