5 Ways to Fail as a Leader

Friday, November 7, 2014

leadership2A recent article in Business News Daily (Read it here>>) looks at five major reasons that new leaders are unable to perform successfully, as well as four categories of skills leaders need to succeed.

While the article itself goes into more detail, and is recommended to read, the 5 ways to fail are:

  1. Over- or under-confidence
  2. Approaching leadership with the wrong expectations
  3. Lack of training in the right skill set
  4. Ignoring the need to build relationships
  5. Failure to listen

And the 4 categories to master are:

  1. Self-awareness
  2. Communication skills
  3. Team skills
  4. Culture and systems

The Avondale Business School can help you and your team develop leadership skills – find out how by contacting Warrick Long at the Avondale Business School.

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