Leadership Skills

One of the worst things you can do with a good employee is ignore their successes. You do not want employee to move on to a new job because you are left high and dry, so you do not praise (publicly or privately) and you do not suggest stretch assignments. Try to do away with that thinking. Instead, figure out how employee's continued success can allow you to grow as well. As he/she grows and develops, he/she can take on higher level tasks, freeing you for stretch assignments in your own career.

Leaders who try to take on too many tasks by themselves will struggle to get anything done. These leaders often fear that delegating tasks is a sign of weakness, when in fact it is a sign of a strong leader. Therefore, you need to identify the skills of each of your employees, and assign duties to each employee based on his or her skill set. By delegating tasks to staff members, you can focus on other important tasks.

Here are some leadership soft skills:

☛ Communication

☛ Motivation

☛ Delegating

☛ Positivity

☛ Trustworthiness

☛ Creativity

☛ Feedback

☛ Responsibility

☛ Commitment

☛ Flexibility

Everyone needs a mentor, good and bad performers alike. Your good performer can move to the next level with the help of a good mentor. Your bad employee can get up to speed with some clear guidance.

Consider that your employee does a bad job because he/she does not know how to do a good job. If you teach him/her, there is a good chance he/she will develop and grow into a good employee.