This document discusses key leadership skills and principles: 1. It outlines 8 principles of effective leadership, including linking paycheck to purpose, managing with heart as well as mind, rewarding employees routinely, embracing change, focusing on priorities, leading by self-example, thinking innovatively, and linking leadership to creating a legacy. 2. It identifies personal skills important for leaders, such as self-awareness, stress management, and creative problem solving. 3. Interpersonal skills discussed are supportive communication, gaining influence, motivating others, and managing conflict.

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Leadership Wisdom

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1.Link Paycheck to Purpose
• Purpose is the most powerful motivator
• Get his people excited about a cause
• Show followers that you have their best
interests in mind
• Liberate human talent
• Lead with integrity, character &
courage

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2.Manage by Mind, Lead by Heart
• Every visionary leader deeply connects with
his follower
• One of the deepest of all human hungers is
the need to be cherished and understood
• Treat people with courtesy and kindness
• Keep promises
• Be an aggressive listener

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3.Reward Routinely
• Great leaders are
great teachers and
coaches
• Give genuine
appreciation
• Praise is free
• Praise publicly,
criticize privately

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4.Surrender to Change
• Develop the discipline of managing the
unexpected
• Only learning culture grows amid change
• There is joy in change. Without change there is
no progress
• Change is humanity’s best friend
• Move from learning to doing
• Inspire positive attitude to the opportunities
change present

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5.Focus on the worthy
• The secret of personal
effectiveness is
concentration of
purpose
• If you not lead your
time, it will lead you
• Focus on the best and
delegate the rest
• Personal courage is
all about doing the
things we must do,
even if we don’t like
doing them

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6.Leader lead Thyself
• All leadership begins
within
• We see the world not
as it is but as we are
• Never settle for
mediocrity when you
can attain mastery

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7.See what all see, Think what none think
• Every human being is creative
• Crete a workplace that liberates human
creativity
• Discover smarter ways of doing what you
do
• Allow people to take risk and fail free
• Every failure is an opportunity to begin
again more intelligently

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8.Link Leadership to Legacy
• The purpose of life is
a life of purpose
• Focus on making a
footprint and making
a difference
• Create a successful
present while
building a brilliant
future

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What skills do leaders need?
Personal Skills
1.Developi
ng
Self-
awareness
3. Solving
Problems
creatively
2.Managin
g
stress
•Determining values
and priorities
•Identifying cognitive style
•Assessing attitude toward
change
•Coping with stressors
•Managing time
•Delegating
•Using the rational approach
•Using the creative approach
•Fostering innovation in others

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Interpersonal Skills
4.
Communica
tion
supportivel
y
5. Gaining
power
and
influences
7.
Managemen
t
conflict
6.
Motivating
others
•Gaining power
•Exercise influence
•Empowering others
•Coaching
•Counseling
•Listening
•Identifying causes
•Selecting appropriate
strategies
•Resolving confrontations
•Diagnosing poor performance
•Creating a motivating
environment
•Rewarding accomplishment
What skills do leaders need?

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Problem Solving