STEP Outline your goals No
matter your story, outline your goals – and write them down. STEP 1

STEPSTEP 2 What can you
improve? Consider taking a variety of professional assessments and personality tests to assess where you’re at.

STEP Talk to your team
You team has a wealth of information on you as a leader, information that can help you improve. STEP 3

STEP Get organized One of
the reasons leaders are ineffective is because they’re all over the place. STEP 4

STEP 4 Take leadership courses
Courses can help. There are tons of online courses that you can take at your own pace. STEP 5

STEP 6 Read management books
Books transport you outside of yourself, and allow you to look at your situation from new perspectives. STEP

STEP 7 Learn how to
listen There are five aspects of good listening– receiving, understanding, remembering, evaluating, and responding. STEP

STEPSTEP 8 Practice praising
and rewarding To be a good leader, you have to give feedback to your employees, especially praise and rewards.

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STEPSTEP 9 Find a mentor
or coach It can be difficult to accurately assess your own leadership skills. That’s why many turn to executive coaches, mentors, and others they can trust.

STEPSTEP 10 Learn how to
effectively communicate with anyone Effective communication is one of the most important parts of leadership, but as humans, we’re different, and we respond to different styles.

STEPSTEP 11 Be more transparent
As a leader, you should embrace it with your staff.

STEPSTEP 12 Create a feedback
system It’s great that you’ve invested so much in becoming a better leader, but you have to continually go back to your people to find out how you’re doing.

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