For you to progress in your career, and to help them to do the same
Do this for your team - get together and brainstorm the top 12 skills, talents and behaviours you need to be succesful. Do this before you read the Extended Entry...go on, do it now...
I have done this with over 100 IT teams, and the list is always similar - Over 90% of the list are leadership and inter-personal skills, what we used to call soft skills. The ones always mentioned are usually communication, building trusted relationships, openness and honesty and focus. So, these are the top needed skils for you as a team, therefore they are the top skils for you, for your career, for your promotion. And they come from within, not without.
PS How to open champagne without the cork going into next door's garden, as you hold the cork and the bottle - twist the botle, not the cork.
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Firms want to be more agile as they ever strife to bring competitive products & services to market - this is backed up by a recent survey carried out by McKinsey, who claim that 89% of organizations ranked agility as important to their companies success. Agility in your leadership and management must therefore rank well for your future career and promotion prospects.
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Derek Morrison
Posted by Derek Morrison | June 11, 2007 9:00 PM
Posted on June 11, 2007 21:00
Leadership development can help a company overcome the challenge of ineffective management. Profiles Checkpoint 360 Degree Feedback System is a powerful, effective leadership skills development tool.
Posted by Leadership Development | September 24, 2007 10:27 AM
Posted on September 24, 2007 10:27