Leadership Core Concepts

Leadership Core Concepts
Effective leaders exhibit certain skills that differentiate them from people who do not lead as effectively. There are four fundamental sets of skills that must be mastered in order to be effective as a leader.

These skills include both leadership skills and management skills because one cannot lead well without also managing well. These four skill sets are:

Leadership Skills
1. Directing
2. Inspiring

Management Skills
3. Planning
4. Doing


Effective leaders must demonstrate versatility in practicing each of these skill sets. They need to take into account the variety of values, goals, needs, opportunities, and resources present in their organization and in their organization's environment.

Genuine versatility ensures that they don't overlook important issues due to blind spots or fail to take needed actions due to a personal reluctance to act in certain ways.


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