Leadership Skills

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how leadership skills can be used for developing the writer's career for the long-term. The writer acknowledges that the leadership characteristics that are most valued include transparency and trust and the ability to lead with passion and emotional intelligence. The writer first presents an inventory of her past and future leadership skills and then concludes with her thoughts about what being a leader is all about.


Table of Contents:
Introduction
My Leadership Skills Inventory: Present and Future
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Second, working on transparency and trust is also critical to using leadership skills in my career. The ability to match up or align what I say I am going to do and what I actually do has everything to do with my credibility, in fact leaders get judged more harshly than others on the alignment of these two points. For leaders, walking the talk and fulfilling commitments is exceptionally important. As with anyone, critical element for the development of any career is working to bridge the gap between expectations created and fulfilled."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Peter F Drucker. "What Makes an Effective Executive" Harvard Business Review 82.6 (2004): 58-63. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest. 21 Jul. 2008
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• Robert F Hurley. "The Decision to Trust." Harvard Business Review 84.9 (2006): 5562. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest. 21 Jul. 2008
• Joan F. Marques. "Leadership: emotional intelligence, passion and ... what else? " The Journal of Management Development 26.7 (2007): 644-651. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest.21 Jul. 2008
• John B McGuire, Gary Rhodes, Charles J Palus. "Inside Out: Transforming Your Leadership Culture." Leadership in Action 27.6 (2008): 3. ABI/INFORM Global. ProQuest. 22 Jul. 2008

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