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Ten Ways to Feel Better About Your Leadership

 June 5, 2006

1.      "Make a list of your proven skills.

2.      Assess your natural strengths based on your personality type.

3.      Make another list, of your unarguable weaknesses.

4.      Ask someone you trust what your best characteristics are.

5.      Cross-check your skills with the task at hand.  It's unlikely you are a god-awful fit.

6.      Recognize that there are some good things you're good at and some things you're not.

7.      Try to take on tasks that play to your natural strengths.

8.      Delegate tasks to individuals that take advantage of their natural strengths.

9.      Assemble teams based on the mix of talents needed to accomplish the desired outcomes.

10. Don't staple yourself to the cross.  Your job is to keep people pointed toward the goal.  The rest - style points (Robbins & Finley, 2004, p.24)."

Reference:  Robbins, H. & Finley, M. (2004).  The accidental leader: what to do when you're suddenly in charge.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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Created: 2008-04-01, Updated: 2009-04-10