The role of leadership in business is indisputable. Great leaders create great businesses. Mediocre leaders create mediocre businesses. Find out more about leadership attributes and what it takes to be an effective business leader.

• Business Leadership. What does it take to be a good business leader? Do you have what it takes to lead a business?
• Managing Versus Leading. What's the difference between management and leadership?

• Strategic Thinking. To be effective as a leader, you must develop skills in strategic thinking. We show you how.
• Teamwork in Small Businesses. Successful leaders know that building team spirit is key to business growth. There truly is power in numbers, and the whole is indeed greater than the sum of the parts.
• Avoiding Micromanagement. A friend of ours who conducts leadership training seminars and does supervisor training for large Fortune 50 companies recently told us that micromanaging is the biggest mistake new leaders, managers and supervisors make.
• Leadership Vision. Do good business leaders see the world differently than others? Vision is how we look at the world. Some of us are detail people -- some of us are big idea people, looking at things from 40,000 feet. The best leaders combine the two together. With leaderhsip vision, they define a dream and direction that other people want to share and follow.
• Making Good Business Decisions. Making good business decisions is something that can be taught and learned. Here are five ways to ensure that you are making the best possible business decisions: give yourself time, seek expert counsel, look at an issue from all sides, focus on the most important elements of the decision, learn from your mistakes.
• Mission Statements. Mission statements? Do you really need them. Some people say mission statements are a waste of time. Others say mission statements are necessary to communicate the essence of a business and get employees all on the same page.
• The Sport of Business. What can business leaders learn from sports coaches? It turns out there's tons to be learned. Here's our take on how winning sports methods can be applied to business to foster business success.
• Top Down Management. Your management style plays a big role in whether your business will succeed or fail. You can be an inclusive manager or a top-down manager. Which is more effective? It depends.
• What Is Strategic Management?. Strategic management is the art of managing employees in a way that maximizes the potential of achieving your business objectives.
• Leadership Training. Leadership training is based on the premise that leaders are made, not born. Each of us has the potential to lead others to greatness. To become a good leader, you just have to work at it, right? Leadership training offers a fast path to strong leadership skills.
• Management Coaching. Management coaching? You're the manager. You don't need a coach, do you? Wrong! Every manager can improve their management skills by tapping into the power of management coaching.
• Choosing a Successor. Being a leader can get tiresome. When it's time to choose a successor, here's a useful tool to help pick the best person for the job.
• Public Speaking. Public speaking skills are essential if you want to motivate others to help you achieve your vision. Great leaders can talk. Learn how to rally the troops and be a more effective public speaker.
• Leadership Consultants. Leadership consultants will teach your management team what it takes to motivate employees and maximize their contribution to your organizational goals.
• Running Initial Planning Meetings. Business planning is a valuable skill, but the most important skill you can acquire is to master the art of running initial planning meetings.
• How to Delegate. Learning how to delegate may be the key to improving your leadership skills. If you are too busy with the details, how can you possibly lead your employees to greatness?

• Leadership Do's and Don'ts. If you aspire to be a good leader, here are a few start- and stop-doings that you should be aware of.
• Service Industry Leadership. Think leadership is the same in every industry? Think again. This article discusses what makes for a great leader in a service industry.
• Leadership as Theatre. Part of being a good leader is acting like a leader. Oddly enough, acting skills are an important part of leadership.
• Authenticity in Leadership. Election candidates often say what voters want to hear. Should business leaders do the same thing or are they better off to remain authentic, sticking to their true beliefs.
• Marketing Leadership. Why is there so much turnover with Chief Marketing Officers? We touch on what marketing leadership entails and why it's lacking in many companies.
• Leadership Training Techniques. Leadership training is all the rage, and appropriately so. Here are some leadership training techniques employed by the best business coaches.
• Leadership Ability Assessment. What makes for an effective leader? Do you have leadership potential? Answer our short leadership survey and you'll soon find out.
• Signs You Are Failing as a Leader. Are you a bad leader? Are you failing as a leader? We discuss six indicators that might suggest you are not getting the job done.
• Signs of a Good Leader. How can you tell if you're succeeding as a leader? Here, we provide six steps that ensure you're headed on the right track to becoming an effective leader, and explain how to keep your employees happy.
• Leadership and the Cynefin Framework. Adaptability is a key characteristic of being a successful leader. A person who seeks to be an entrepreneur cannot just be a follower, but must be a person of authority who will make important decisions to shape the future of the company. Of course, certain leaders are more adept at specific situations. This article is an overview of a case study from the Harvard Business Review by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Moore.
• Qualities of Ethical Leadership. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, the word leader is defined as one who guides, is in charge, or is in command of others. While this definition suffices for describing a typical leader, it does not completely characterize how to be an ethical leader.
• Developing Leaders Around You. The mark of a real leader today is in how many leaders are coming behind him. This article will highlight the importance of developing leaders around you and how to effectively do this in an organization.
• Being Wrong in Business. Being wrong is part of human nature. Don't stand alone on an island. Encourage discussion within your company and listen to the advice and opinions of those around you.
• For Entrepreneurs: Public Speaking 101. If you want to be an entrepreneur, overcoming any fear of public speaking will be a priority since you will have to be selling your product/service and yourself to people in order for them to purchase, invest, or support your business.
• Leadership - Talent By Birth or Skill?. What sparks an ordinary human to suddenly become a great leader? The key is to have a reason to lead and the willpower to translate a propensity to lead into real and effective leadership.
• Recipe for Leadership. What does it take to lead? We look at why we have evolved into a society that needs leaders and what characteristics are typically in place before a leader can grab the leadership role.
• Managing Personalities by Mastering You. If you can understand the different types of personalities people have, it makes it much simpler to communicate with and manage them. This article examines the four common personalities as defined by Gordon McFarlane, an author and motivational speaker on leadership, sales and relationships.
• The Art of Motivation. Motivation can be difficult for any size corporation, but for a small company it can kill initiatives if even one or two people don't buy in. Take these steps to make sure that your company remains flexible to change.
• Key Characteristics of Goals. Everyone knows that it is important to have goals in business. But why is it so few people know how to go about setting goals and more importantly seeing through to completion? This article will highlight the key characteristics of goals in business.
• How to Develop Charisma. As a leader you must master the ability to influence people. We all know people who just seem to attract crowds everywhere they go and have people feeling endeared to them in seconds. This article will give some key points on how to develop charisma, one of the more important intangibles when dealing with people.
• Dressing for Success. Dress has always been very important in business. No matter the industry, there is a universal look that every successful person has. This article will go over some of the ways to enhance your business image so you can put your best foot forward.
• How to Lead Leaders. Most people if asked if they would want a high performer to come into their organization would almost immediately respond with an emphatic yes. But it is much easier to lead a follower than it is to lead a leader. How does one go about leading a self-starter? This article will broach some key things to be aware of when managing a leader in your organization.
• How to Offer Constructive Criticism. The toughest thing about managing people is you're in a position where you see the mistakes they make and feel the need to correct them. This is especially important if these mistakes could prove very costly to the organization as a whole. This article will give a few tips on how to offer criticism without creating dissension with your employees.
• Keeping an Organization Unified. Unity is not easy to come by in an organization. Creating unity most times is not the challenge but keeping it is. Just how does one go about keeping a team growing together with one goal, one agenda and one purpose? This article will highlight some important tips on creating and keeping unity in your company.
• How Personal Growth Fuels Business Growth. Most businesses measure their growth by revenue or sales. But a more important proxy to measure an organizations growth with is the personal growth of the leader or head of the organization. This article will highlight the importance of pursuing personal growth as a standard for business growth.
• Leaders Versus Managers. In order to effectively utilize your people, you will need to understand the different roles that leaders and administrators play in an organization.
• Leading from the Front. Leading from the front is a common business term, but is it as effective as most business leaders say it is? This article discusses an alternative definition of leading from the front that may have a better impact on productivity.
• Business Decisions Versus Personal Decisions. When we let our emotions cloud our judgment, we are not making sound business decisions. Make sure you don't make this common mistake and maintain a level head.
• Signs of Disunity in an Organization. An organization that is unified in their purpose is unstoppable in the marketplace. Unity is easy to create and maintain in a small organization. As a business or company grows however it become increasingly difficult and great care must be taken to keep the organization motivated and loyal to the mission statement of the company. This article will point out five key things to look for which are clear signs an organization's unity is at risk.
• The Importance of Reading . Aside from the personal growth and enjoyment derived from reading, there are numerous benefits to incorporating a personal growth reading regiment into your daily schedule. This article will point out some of the most important things you may not know about reading and what it can do for you in your business and personal life.
• How to Handle Conflict and Confrontation. Conflict is inevitable when people are involved. Egos and emotions are always being tested and as such it takes a person with good knowledge of conflict resolution to help alleviate situations in an organization that otherwise if left untouched could be disastrous. This article will talk about some of the different aspects of handing conflict and confrontation.
• Managing Different Personality Types: Introverts and Extroverts. There are a lot of different personalities, but almost every personality type will typically fall into one of these two categories: introversion and extroversion. This article will take a look at differences between these personality types and how to effectively manage and facilitate teamwork between these two personalities.
• Emotional Intelligence At Work. To be a successful employer or employee, it is not only important that you have the right set of technical skills needed for your job. Attitude and other soft skills are equally important.
• The Importance of Having a Mentor. If you examine any successful person they typically have one thing in common: a mentor. Nearly every successful person in history had someone who they could confide in and learn from when times were tough. This article will highlight the importance of having a mentor in business and entrepreneurship.
• Developing a Mentoring Relationship. The business world is full of people with wisdom and knowledge who wish they could share their knowledg with other people. However, the reality is that most people don't know how to use a mentor or a coach effectively, and so a lot of this wisdom is untouched. It takes work to develop an effective mentoring relationship and this article will touch on some of the key things to focus on when looking for mentorship from someone.
• Communication and Leadership. Good leaders tend to be good communicators. We examine one of the most common traits for leaders: the ability to communicate in a meaningful and inspiring fashion.
• Leading by Asking Questions. Good leaders know how to ask good questions. Leadership isn't always just about having the right answers. We explore an important attribute of a good business leader.
• Putting the Right Managers in Charge. How do you hire a manager for your start-up? Leadership and management are key to the success of your business. Follow these four simple rules for hiring effective managers for your organization.
• How To Make Good Business Decisions. Making good business decisions is a skill that can be learned. We offer some advice on how to make good business decisions. We know you have what it takes to be a great leader and an excellent decision maker.
• Welcome Some Disruption in Your Life. If entrepreneurs have one thing in common, it is their desire to welcome disruption in their lives by taking a risk, leading through change, and their desire to succeed with their own ideas and innovation. Welcoming disruption in your life is the first step you need to take to move toward entrepreneurship and leadership.