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Learning Leadership Skills:
You Can Become a Better Leader


This site is all about leadership and leadership skills. It’s about what good leadership skills are and how to become a more successful leader. These are complex subjects that we will try to make a little easier by providing useful information and tips.

Some of the people most likely to be helped by this website are:

1. Those who have recently been promoted to supervision or team leadership and know they need to know more about leadership to be effective in the leader role

2. Those who have been in management and supervision for quite some time but have received little training and may lack confidence in their leadership roles

3. People who are responsible for coaching and training those who fall into groups 1 and 2, above

4. Anyone interested in fundamental, operational leadership skills and how to develop them in order to better lead non-work groups, such as volunteers, committees, or associations.

Made, Not Born

Don’t you have to be born with leadership in your DNA? It’s only “certain people” who make good leaders, isn’t that right?

Okay, in the case of leadership, it does help a bit to be born with particular character or personality traits. But just like it helps to be born with money, you don’t have to be born with money in order to become wealthy.

Leadership is that way, too. A few leaders are born with “it” or develop it early in life, but most aren’t. Most have to work at it. They work on their attitudes and their knowledge.

They work on their behaviors. They learn from their own mistakes and from good role models. They practice and get better.

If you don’t really want to be a leader, or if you are interested in a leadership position primarily because of the power, prestige, or money it will bring you, then you’re reading the wrong website.

This website and information are for people who are fascinated by leadership and know they don’t know enough about it, or don’t know how to do it as well as they would like, as well as they could.

They want to improve their basic skills and become more effective. They are willing to do some reading and self-study to make that happen.

You Can Do Leadership Blog
This blog is devoted to leadership skills with the belief that anyone who truly wants to lead can learn to do so. Just focus on the good leadership skills described on this site.

Definition of Leadership: Results and Relationships
Bottom line definition of leadership: Results and relationships must go hand -n-hand.

Developing Good Leadership Skills
Do you know good leadership skills when you see them? How does leadership differ from expertise?

Assessments for Leadership Abilities: 8 Key Indicators
Assessments for leadership abilities: Check out this assessment for leadership abilities which will guide you as a new leader or potential leader.

Improving Leadership Skills: Learn and Grow
Improving leadership skills will enhance your career success. You can use our free leadership training material for self-study or group training.

Leadership Styles: Most Common Styles
What's your leadership style? A number of leadership styles have been observed and studied.

Effective Leadership Styles: Best Practices and Qualities for the21st
Best practice effective leadership styles include qualities most likely work well in today’s world. If the Commanding style is outdated, what styles really work best?

Example Leadership Skills List: 10 Great Leader Qualities
Check out an example leadership skills list for a great list of qualities and characteristics for any leader. How do you or your leaders stack up?

Free Leadership Training Material: For Self-Study or Group Training
This free leadership training material can be downloaded for self-study, or home-study, or it can be used within a group setting to train and improve supervisory leadership competencies.

Leadership Training Case Studies: More Ideas for Your Leadership Training
These leadership training case studies are meant to be debated and discussed by a small group of trainees. They can be used within or after formal training as a way of applying new learning.

Activities for Leadership Workshops: Add Life to Your Meetings
These activities for leadership workshops and for meetings, with suggestions for use, are offered for you to get your group involved in training and help the learning to stick.

Articles on Leadership Skills: Summary Page
Use links for articles on leadership skills (free content) for your newsletter for supervisors.

Personal Leadership Plans
Develop personal leadership plans to guide your decisions and enhance your career. Such plans are also useful for organizational talent management.

Related Links and Resources
To learn more about characteristics of leadership and develop better leadership skills, you may wish to check out the resources available at these sites.

Must Read Books on Leadership
Here is our list of must-read books on leadership. They will increase your understanding of best practices for leadership qualities and give practical, day-to-day guidance.

About This Site
This page is about the creator of this website, Emily A. Sterrett


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