2. STEP
Outline your goals
No matter your story,
outline your goals – and
write them down.
STEP 1

3. STEPSTEP 2
What can you improve?
Consider taking a variety of
professional assessments and
personality tests to assess where
you’re at.

4. STEP
Talk to your team
You team has a wealth of
information on you as a
leader, information that can
help you improve.
STEP 3

5. STEP
Get organized
One of the reasons leaders
are ineffective is because
they’re all over the place.
STEP 4

6. STEP 4
Take leadership courses
Courses can help. There are
tons of online courses that you
can take at your own pace.
STEP 5

7. STEP 6
Read management books
Books transport you
outside of yourself, and
allow you to look at your
situation from new
perspectives.
STEP

8. STEP 7
Learn how to listen
There are five aspects of good
listening– receiving,
understanding, remembering,
evaluating, and responding.
STEP

9. STEPSTEP 8
Practice praising
and rewarding
To be a good leader, you have
to give feedback to your
employees, especially praise
and rewards.

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11. STEPSTEP 9
Find a mentor or coach
It can be difficult to accurately
assess your own leadership
skills. That’s why many turn to
executive coaches, mentors,
and others they can trust.

12. STEPSTEP 10
Learn how to effectively
communicate with anyone
Effective communication is one of the
most important parts of leadership, but
as humans, we’re different, and we
respond to different styles.

13. STEPSTEP 11
Be more transparent
As a leader, you should
embrace it with your staff.

14. STEPSTEP 12
Create a feedback system
It’s great that you’ve invested so
much in becoming a better leader,
but you have to continually go
back to your people to find out
how you’re doing.

15. STEP
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