Essential Skills that Shaped a Leader

The Look & Sound of Leadership

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A senior leader, having risen through the ranks, ends her coaching engagement by comparing notes with her coach about the skills that have helped her most.

This episode identified seven essential leadership skills:

Conquer catastrophic thinking;
Use fewer words;
Value relationships as highly as results;
Don’t take anything personally;
Commitment to Development;
Reflection;
Speak for Yourself.

Resources to develop those last three:

Commitment to Development

The Executive Executive – an episode with a different list of essential skills
Four Factors Executives Need to be Successful – another list of essential skills thenschel@essentialcomm.com – my email address if you want help thinking about your own development

The Ability to Reflect

Speak for Yourself

The Four Agreements – Agreement #1: “Be Impeccable with Your Word”

Episodes to build assertion:

This month’s episode lives in our podcast library in these three categories:

Executive Presence
Leadership
Self-Talk

Five episodes to help you with different skills are:

Building Empathy
“Don’t Take Anything Personally”
The Executive Executive
Personal Connections
Short Sounds Confident

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Until next month, be well!

From Tom and everyone at The Look & Sound of Leadership, thanks!

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