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19 Key Leadership Competencies & Behaviors from 29 Top Experts

Miles Anthony Smith

Leadership skills are not necessarily innate. Ahmad-Shah Duranai-Khan ( Author of the Leadership Zone ) The Number 1 Leadership Competency is Communication Skills. Leadership ability starts with self and it takes superior people skill to influence and lead oneself than to lead others. Keep your promises. Honor your word.

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Let Them See You as Human

Persuasive Powerhouse

They lack people skills. Turns out he was just a normal guy who loves trout fishing. The skills and methods described in this article address and resolve my concern. This will help them figure out that they have forgotten some basic principles of organization behavior and hopefully fix the problem. Well, he failed at that too.

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