Being A Good Leader

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  If you want to keep good employees, you need to have strong managers.
• Not everyone is cut out for a leadership role, particularly people who show narcissistic tendencies.
• Leaders should be approachable, not overbearing, and eager to praise their direct reports' success.

As an executive coach, I do a lot of listening to managers worried about losing good employees. People-oriented managers understand what they need to do to get the best out of people. I'm not concerned about them.

I am concerned about managers being promoted into leadership roles when they have no business being there. Leadership is demonstrated through competence, not attitude, confidence, or charisma. It takes ability and skills.

That's why the single biggest decision any organization will make is whom they name manager. When you name the wrong person manager, nothing fixes that bad decision.

We've all heard this tune play like a broken record: People leave managers, not companies.  TO READ MORE, CLICK HERE...