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What will you do when you need to make a tough decision concerning your team and your company\u2019s standards and policies?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Being a leader is a challenging situation to be in. You want to do what\u2019s best for your people, but you also need to look at your decision\u2019s possible impact on the organization.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cases like this can either disrupt your team\u2019s balance or improve their performance. It all depends on how you deal with the situation. To borrow a line from <\/span>Harvard Business Publishing\u2019s Learning Design and Media senior manager Vanessa Boris<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>\u201cgreat leaders have great teams, and poor leaders have teams that struggle\u201d<\/span><\/strong> even if the individual members of the struggling team show capability and potential to do great work. The way you lead your team reflects their growth and performance.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If this is so, how can you develop yourself into a great leader? How can you make purposeful decisions to make your team flourish while ensuring that everyone is aligned with company goals and objectives?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Importance of developing good leadership skills<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Whether leaders are born or made <\/span>has long been debated<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who believe that leaders are born argue that great leaders have innate genetic leadership traits (e.g., humility) that help them go through certain life situations.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who assert that leaders are made, meanwhile, say that without the right situation, development, and awareness, those characteristics may be wasted. Leaders need more than just skills to become a great leader.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For me, leadership should always be intentional. While some people appear to lead effortlessly, what we don\u2019t often see is the work they put in behind the scenes to grow and improve.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As research shows<\/span><\/a>, even leaders seen as \u201cnaturals\u201d have invested significant effort in developing themselves. Great leadership is rarely accidental \u2014 it\u2019s built with purpose.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And so should you.<\/span><\/i><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Improving your leadership skills is about making conscious choices to refine your strengths so you can be of better service to those you lead. You have to acknowledge that you don\u2019t steer the boat alone. Instead, every little thing you do and decisions you make affect the direction of where your team is heading.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, the way you lead is contagious. When you have good leadership skills, you can empower your team and inspire them to take pride in the work they do. The more they do better at their respective duties, the more meaningful their contributions will be to the organization. And when they perform excellently, great opportunities may come their way.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Like they say, what goes around comes around. Good leadership brings great opportunities to everyone: you, your team, your organization.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Apart from this, being an effective leader can also result in:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n