MONTH 10THE HUMAN ELEMENT, EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, AND SOFT SKILLS

#1 RECOGNIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BAD BOSSES AND ALL‐IN LEADERS

As you continue to hone your leadership skills, your ultimate goal shouldn't be to become the best manager. Your goal should be to become the best leader.

Leaders inspire their team to dream big, do more, be more, and accomplish things that they didn't think were even possible.

When you wake up every day, your goal should be to maximize the performance and overall happiness of your team.

This is the mission of a great leader.

Act. Do. Believe. Become.

#2 EMBRACE THE GREATEST CHANGE WHEN YOU BECOME A LEADER

When you become a leader, it's not about your success anymore. Your individual contributions no longer matter.

The only thing that matters as a leader—your only goal as a leader—is to help each individual on your team become more successful. Your only goal is to help every single person on your team maximize their success.

Measure each person's results. Every day, do whatever it takes to help your employees expand their impact.

#3 TO HONE YOUR INTUITION, YOU HAVE TO FOCUS ON YOUR STRENGTHS

Some of the world's greatest leaders have a nearly impeccable sense of intuition. When you have great intuition, you don't need to wait for a minor problem to become a hurricane of an issue in order to do something.

Great intuition helps you see the underlying issues that others cannot see.

When your intuition is operating at its greatest potential, it ...

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