Advanced Leadership Skills.
In the advanced leadership skills section, we focus on helping you develop the skills you need to take your leadership to the next level. As you progress in your career, you will find that leading larger teams and taking on profit and loss responsibility requires a whole new set of skills.
We have curated a list of resources that can help you develop these advanced leadership skills, including books, articles, and videos from experts in the field. These resources cover topics such as strategic thinking, financial acumen, stakeholder management, and more.
Developing these skills will not only help you succeed in your current role, but also position you for future opportunities and growth. By investing in your own development, you are investing in the future of your team and organization.
We encourage you to explore these resources and incorporate them into your personal development plan. Remember, leadership is a journey, and there is always room to grow and improve.
Books
Change the Culture, Change the Game by Roger Connors & Tom Smith
Execution is the Strategy by Laura Stack
Financial Intelligence by Karen’s Berman & Joe Knight
Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy & Ram Charan
Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by Genreal Stanley McChrystal
Articles
Balancing empathy within professional boundaries by Camille Isaacs-Morell
7 Rules for Job Interview Questions That Result in Great Hires by John Sullivan
Management Time (Delegating): Who’s Got the Monkey by William Oncken, Jr & Donald L. Wass
Dr. Henry Cloud | What are Boundaries?
Dr. Henry Cloud says boundaries are an invisible property line that separates everything that is yours from everything that is not yours. They keep the good stuff in and the bad stuff out. Personal boundaries allow you to have ownership over your own thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions, while freeing you from being responsible for anyone else’s. Virtually everyone sets some form of boundaries without thinking about it, but when we consciously define them, we gain a huge degree of control over our happiness, comfort and the quality of our relationships.
Videos to help you take your leadership skills to the next level.
Do You Need a Strategy Before You Can Execute? | Gary Vee
The balance between developing a strategy and executing is different for everybody. Some people are wired in a way where they don't need any strategy and change their execution as they go Other people need to plan out everything in sequential order so they know what needs to get done. The important thing to remember is that both work, as long as you are not using "strategy" as an excuse to not do.
Stanley McChrystal: Listen, learn…then lead
our-star general Stanley McChrystal shares what he learned about leadership over his decades in the military. How can you build a sense of shared purpose among people of many ages and skill sets? By listening and learning -- and addressing the possibility of failure.