10 results for author: Lolly Daskal
How the Best Leaders Build Trust
Trust is the foundation of leadership. Without trust, it’s nearly impossible to recruit and retain followers and to implement change. Trust affects a leader’s impact and the company’s bottom line more than any other factor.
But there’s no shortcut ...
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Successful Leaders Aren’t Afraid to Do This One Thing
There's a common thread in top leadership that will surprises most people—and in some cases makes them rethink what they know about leadership.
When you think of successful leaders you probably think of people who are decisive. The ability to make a ...
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This is How Leaders Improve Their Self Confidence
Self-confidence is an essential part of leadership. A leader with self-confidence thinks positively about the future and is willing to take the risks necessary to achieve their personal and professional goals.
A leader who lacks self-confidence, on the ...
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The Story of Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody
Recently I told a group of leadership executives a simple but meaningful story that you may have heard before. It’s the story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.
Here's the story, titled “Whose Job is it, Anyway?”
This is a ...
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The Best Way for Leaders to Build Trust
If there's a single element that can be considered the core of great leadership, it's trust. Trust fuels everything leaders want for themselves and their teams, from productivity to imagination. And in its absence, it's nearly impossible for a team to be ...
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Why Every Leader Should Have a Little Rebel Inside
To achieve something significant in the world, to have a meaningful influence, you need to be a rebel.
A rebel knows how to challenge the status quo and make an impact.
It's the executive assistant who, frustrated by her nonresponsive boss, coordinates ...
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The Deception Trap of Leadership
In a past post, The Remarkable Power of the Truth Teller I touched upon the idea that people do lie and stretch the truth.
The price of lying is often a high one: being known as a deceiver.
If a leader lies, people cannot trust them.
If your boss ...
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6 Excellent Reasons Most Leaders are Not Qualified to Lead
Every day, people are promoted into leadership who are completely unqualified to lead. People are placed in a leadership role because they’re a good performer who's overdue for a promotion or because they act the part—even though they're completely ...
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Why Heroic Leadership is Needed Now More Than Ever
Recently I was at an event at the Princeton Club talking about my new book, The Leadership Gap: What Gets Between You and Your Greatness. Someone there asked me an intriguing question: "With all the work you do with leaders around the world, who are the ...
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4 Proven Reasons Why Intuitive People Make Great Leaders
Have you ever wondered how some leaders are more creative and innovative than others?
As a leadership coach and business consultant I have seen two kinds of leaders, I have witnessed both, and I have seen the results of both. One leader thinks that in ...
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