Master These 6 Leadership Skills
The way we work has changed, and so has leadership. As a manager, you need to evolve, too. In today’s fast-paced work environment, mastering these six essential skills will help you lead your team more effectively.
Emotional aperture. This is the ability to read your team’s emotional tone. Pay attention to unspoken cues — such as tensions, moods, and dynamics — and use that insight to guide your actions.
Adaptive communication. Adjust your communication style based on the situation and audience. Listen more, speak less, and build genuine connections by understanding how your employees prefer to be treated.
Flexible thinking. Great leaders excel at juggling competing priorities and holding opposing ideas at once. To become a more nimble, flexible leader, practice being open to new perspectives, understanding the broader context, and embracing ambiguity.
Perspective seeking. Consider the different viewpoints on your team. Actively listening to others, especially those with diverse experiences and perspectives, leads to more creative and thoughtful solutions.
Strategic disruption. Challenge the status quo. Encourage innovation by constantly questioning outdated practices and being open to continuous learning.
Resilient self-awareness. Know your limits, set healthy boundaries, and seek support when you need it. By practicing self-awareness and self-care, you’ll set a strong example for your team.
Read the article: "6 Essential Leadership Skills — and How to Develop Them," by Rebecca Knight
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4 天前Excellent points made in the article. The base foundation to these concepts is information. The ability to access, process, synthesize, and apply real-time information sets the basis for sustainably applying these concepts.
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1 周I really enjoyed this article! Each is an essential skill for any leader to practice but these (3) really stand out to me: Emotional aperture - understanding where each member of your team is at emotionally; Adaptive communication - how you communicate should change based on who you're communicating with in that moment; and Perspective seeking - this has been one of the most rewarding practices for me as a leader - I don't have to possess all the answers. Oftentimes, my team's have the solution but they just need the opportunity to share their voice.
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2 周José Pablo Violante Salazar
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2 周But today's 2 most powerful and influential leaders -one in U.S. politics and by extension Global geopolitics and the other in Business-can hardly be identified as possessing these 6 skills! Maybe, their ONE critical 'success' attribute is Disruption and its alter ego, Fear.
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2 周Nice share!