great leader

The list seems to be everywhere on what makes a great leader, and it usually includes some of the same characteristics and skills: honesty, clear communication, strong business acumen, and effective negotiation skills. What those lists tend to lose is that effective leadership also involves the right tactical strategy. Effective leaders learn how to launch […]

Learn how to effectively lead a virtual team by keeping in touch, communicating clearly, assigning roles, setting rules, and recognizing hard work.

Great managers still need the people skills that get the most attention: prioritizing, organizing, communicating, measuring performance, and developing employees. But the work of management also runs through spreadsheets, budgets, project plans, process maps, compliance requirements, and technology decisions. That is why the technical side of management matters. A manager does not need to be […]

Leaders are capable of bringing others through times of great crisis.

I once witnessed a novice manager’s development, and it was very successful. This person managed to avoid almost all the typical mistakes of novice managers. Analyzing the situation, I realized: this happened not only because he is a great guy, possessing all the right qualities and skills of a good manager, but also because the […]