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How to be a leader
How to be a leader? Is a question I ask myself a lot
As I learn about how to be a leader, I share what I have learned.
I have often considered ‘how to be a leader’? It has not been an easy journey for me. As an entrepreneur I often like to just do things myself. However, to grow a business I have had to learn. And also how to manage people effectively.
In this series of blogs I explore what it has taken for me to go on this journey. I have also read many books and attended many seminars. What I learned from these I share in my posts. Each post explores a business persons approach to leadership. This has not been an easy journey.
Have you asked yourself about your own leadership style? And what it would take to go from being a good leader to a great leader. I ask myself that question most days. It is a question that continues to challenge me.
Let me know if this is of assistance as you go on your own leadership journey.
Catch up on the Business Leadership blog posts
Preaching what we Practise
As most know I have moved to a founding director role at RedBalloon – Kristie Buchanan CEO has well and truly put her stamp on the business as she leads the business to it’s next phase of growth. We presented last week at the Growth Summit to fellow entrepreneurs on...
Where did our values come from?
As we approach our 10 years anniversary I realize that not everyone knows the origins of the way we do things. Megan, the RedBalloon employee experience manager, asked me to document where our values came from. Our values are such an integral part of life at...
Four key elements to authentic leadership
Thoughts about authentic leadership I was asked to speak recently to an audience about difference between leadership and management, and this led me to consider many aspects of authentic leadership, If you read my blog regularly you will know that I have some very...
Definition of leadership.
Definition of leadership There are many views on leadership and the definition of leadership. I was speaking with a friend on the weekend and he said that the single greatest trait of a true leader is that they live in a world without blame. A great leader takes...
Lessons in Leadership.
Leadership is one of our core values at RedBalloon. I have often been asked to define leadership especially if the team member is not in a management role. I say we are all leaders? but I liked this definition. I do not know who wrote the quote below... It is part of...