Business Leadership Today

The Key to Effective Leadership

The key to effective leadership is inspiring teams to do great work by maintaining good communication—through frequent feedback, expectation setting, recognition, and coaching—clearly and consistently communicating culture, creating the ideal conditions for innovation, and fostering a positive work environment.

The 7 Leadership Traits

The seven leadership traits that help leaders build influence and trust with their teams are accountability, adaptability, authenticity, communication, compassion, self-awareness, and gratitude. Leaders who continuously develop these traits have high-performance teams of highly engaged and motivated employees.

How Leadership Affects Business Outcomes

Leadership affects business outcomes in a number of ways by shaping the employee experience. Leaders affect employee engagement, employee retention, and profitability. Those who foster a positive employee experience and support a collaborative work environment can have a positive impact on these outcomes.

The 3 Most Important Roles of a Leader

The three most important roles of a leader are motivator, communicator, and uniter. Leaders motivate their team members to do great work, clearly and consistently communicate expectations and the organization’s cultural norms to them, and unite them with a shared sense of purpose to achieve the vision.

The Skill Every Leader Should Have

The skill every leader should have is the skill to inspire and motivate employees to do exceptional work. Leaders develop this skill through compassionate and caring leadership that fosters a positive work environment, values employee contributions, develops their talent, and supports their well-being.

Why Compassionate Leadership Is Important

Compassionate leadership is important because it provides the ideal conditions for team members to do great work, helps them grow as people, and improves their overall well-being. It helps leaders build authentic, trust-based relationships with team members, resulting in greater engagement and retention.

The 5 Key Leadership Skills

The five key leadership skills are the ability to motivate team members to do great work, build trust and influence at all levels of the organization, communicate effectively, create a positive, collaborative, and inclusive work environment, and encourage the growth and development of team members. 

The Different Types of Leadership

The different types of leadership are autocratic leadership, bureaucratic leadership, transactional leadership, democratic leadership, laissez-faire leadership, charismatic leadership, coaching leadership, collaborative leadership, transformational leadership, and servant leadership.

How to Demonstrate Compassionate Leadership (10 Ways)

Employees who work for compassionate managers are 25% more engaged in their work, 20% more committed to the organization, and 11% less likely to experience burnout. In this article, we’ll consider how the 10 principles of servant leadership can help leaders take compassionate actions to improve the lives of their employees.

Why Leadership Is So Important in Business

Leadership is so important in business because leaders have a profound impact on the employee experience. Good leaders consistently communicate cultural norms in ways that create a positive work environment where employees are engaged, have a high degree of loyalty, and feel a sense of purpose in their work.