Entrepreneurs have a set of skills and characteristics that help create not only good ideas, but also good business. Leadership coaching can help develop these skills and characteristics. Every year, Entrepreneur magazine profiles young entrepreneurs under the age of 30 who are highly successful. As I read this year’s article I found myself asking the […]
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Are You a Disciplined Listener?
Ram Charan recently posted a blog in the Harvard Business Review titled “The Discipline of Listening.” In the article, he claims that one in four corporate leaders has a listening deficit, and gives a series of tips that will help improve listening skills. I’m just wondering — do we take listening for granted? Is it […]
Social Intelligence: A Necessary Leadership Skill
It used to be that we would judge someone’s potential for success by their IQ — how “smart” they were. But then someone figured out that a person’s ability to understand and get along with others was just as important — in some cases more important — as their ability to, say, solve complex math […]
Seven Essential Qualities of Successful Women Leaders
What is it that successful women leaders have that others do not? I was pondering this very question when I came across a thought-provoking list put together by the Young Entrepreneurial Council on Female Leadership qualities. This made me start thinking about what I would put on my own list, and I came up with […]