How to Sharpen Your Leadership Skills

By Dr Jim Porter

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide – This e-book consists of six “Entrepreneurs Brief Guide” publications for leadership success. It addresses briefly all you need to know about how to become an effective business leader; including leading from the front, motivating yourself to lead, going the extra mile and networking. It also contains independent and practical advice for entrepreneurs and business leaders. This guide is invaluable to individuals, entrepreneurs and aspiring leaders who are seeking personal growth and success.

Learn how to: (a) Lead from the front, (b) Raise your expectation, (c) Motivate yourself to lead, (d) Go the extra mile to become a better leader, (e) Manage your time and (f) Stay socially connected.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr Jim Porter
• Release date: Mar 7, 2012
• ISBN: 9781465722645

Dr Jim Porter

Dr Jim Porter is a chartered engineer, qualified to a PhD level from London University, with more the 25 years business experience. He has worked for several multinational companies in Europe and the USA. His experience stretches from new products development, project management, new business building, profit and loss responsibility, to the creation of several successful joint ventures and acquisitions.Currently, he is a senior executive, responsible for strategy development and growth initiatives, including partnerships and new businesses building. Dr Porter is particularly interested in business incubation, helping entrepreneurs and start up business owners to achieve their personal and business objectives.Dr Porter is the author of several publications, including a book titled “How to bake your business idea and eat it”, and the creator of “Entrepreneurs Brief Guides” series.Dr Porter is a Fellow Member of several professional organizations and institutions in Europe and the USA. He can be contacted on his email [e-mail] .

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How to Sharpen Your Leadership Skills

Entrepreneurs Brief Guide – Volume 5.2

Dr Jim Porter

This e-book consists of six Entrepreneurs Brief Guide publications for leadership success. It addresses briefly all you need to know about how to become an effective business leader; including leading from the front, motivating yourself to lead, going the extra mile and networking. It also contains independent and practical advice for entrepreneurs and business leaders. This guide is invaluable to individuals, entrepreneurs and aspiring leaders who are seeking personal growth and success.

Learn how to:

Lead from the front

Raise your expectation

Motivate yourself to lead

Go the extra mile to become a better leader

Manage your time

Stay socially connected

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How to Sharpen Your Leadership Skills

Dr Jim Porter

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CHAPTER No.1: How to Lead From the Front

A common perception people hold about leaders is that great leaders are born great, and if you do not have it in you, you can never become a good leader. However, this perception is changing now as more and more people are realizing that with hard work, patience and persistence you can become a highly effective leader.

Learn how to:

Assess yourself to check ‘how motivated you are to lead’.

Use the tool of Expert Power.

Build and gain Expert Power

Usually we come across stories about successful historical personalities who achieved victory through persistence and determination. People who seem to have faced utter disappointments and defeat in their early days and then went onto become the most successful people in the history of the world.

After reading or hearing such stories, we pause for a moment and our thoughts linger on how praiseworthy these born leaders are.

Most of us consider these personalities to be mythological and superhuman and feel that it is not possible for a normal human being to achieve that level of greatness.

A common perception people hold about leaders is that great leaders are born great, and if you do not have it in you, you can never become a good leader. However, this perception is changing now as more and more people are realizing that with hard work, patience and persistence you can become a highly effective leader.

This article will provide information on:

How to assess yourself to check ‘how motivated you are to lead’.

How to use the tool of Expert Power.

Various steps to building and gaining Expert Power.

How motivated are you to lead?

The basic prerequisite for leadership is the desire to lead. This is simply because becoming an effective leader takes a lot of hard work. If you are not motivated to become a leader or you are not willing to undertake the responsibilities and the hardships of becoming a leader, then you will not make an effective leader.

Therefore, it becomes important to assess how motivated you are to take leadership.

Look at the following statements carefully and put a score next to each statement on a scale of 1–5; 1 = Strongly Agree, 2 = Agree, 3 = Moderate, 4 = Disagree and 5 = Strongly Disagree:

I am happy and enthusiastic when