The world of work is changing. What are you doing to help yourself and your management team keep pace with those changes? Are the leadership skills that got you here the same skills that will get you and your team to where you need to go to manage and lead in uncertain times?

Quotes Worth Remembering – ‘Before you are a leader, success is about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is about growing others.’ – Jack Welch.

Here are four skills that will distinguish you from a so-so leader to an exceptional one. Which ones are you good at – and which ones will you have to learn?

Connecting. Exceptional leaders can bring people together with diverse backgrounds and skill sets, and have them perform as a team. Exceptional leaders understand that teamwork makes the whole thing work.

Communicating. Exceptional leaders have the ability to communicate in a way that everyone will understand. Exceptional leaders understand that if they can’t communicate up, down and across the organization regardless of gender or generation, then they can’t manage or lead them.

Educating. Exceptional leaders understand that you rarely get to hire someone who is fully trained. Exceptional leaders realize that their role is to fill the skills gap by teaching others what they need to know to sustain and grow the organization.

Delegating. Exceptional leaders understand that they must relinquish control to gain control. Exceptional leaders know that they can’t control everything and be everywhere all at once. They understand that they must delegate some of their tasks and responsibility to others, and stay out of their way and let them do their job.

Quotes Worth Remembering. – ‘The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what needs to be done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.’ – Theodore Roosevelt.

You now have the potential to work with four generations simultaneously. Each generation – Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and the newest generation to enter the workforce, Alpha prefer to be managed and led differently. People skills, often referred to as soft skills, are essential skills. Without the ability to connect with others, communicate in a way that everyone understands, educate them on what they need to know, and delegate when necessary, you stand little chance of managing or leading them. Do you have the skills to lead in uncertain times?

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