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‫How good are your leadership skills in our course?

‫The top five leadership behaviors, we cover five very critical behaviors or competencies that every

‫leader in every industry must exhibit communicates, meaning genuine caring about people, external

‫focus, awareness of the big picture and honest communication.

‫There are, of course, many other competencies that leaders need to become skilled at.

‫What are they?

‫Well, here are 14 other competencies to consider strategic thinking, business development, strategic

‫networking, fiscal responsibility.

‫Compliance management, risk management, creativity and innovation, organizational development, flexibility,

‫integrity, judgment, respect, influencing and negotiating conflict management.

‫And of course, there are many more to get your brain going.

‫There is a downloadable leadership competency assessment and the resources area for this first section.

‫It explains each of these competencies and allows you to rank your skill level from a one to a five,

‫which is the high end.

‫Take a few minutes to go through the exercise.

‫And of course, we encourage you to have a trusted colleague, Rinku, as well.

‫At the end of the assessment, the form will automatically give you an average rating if you follow

‫the instructions in the total ratings summary box.

‫This will give you a great starting point and you can take this assessment over and over as you gain

‫more skills and your leadership development throughout the course, you will complete exercises that

‫will help you strengthen your own skills.

‫Some of the exercises will be for the business owner or top leader, and some will be for the leader

‫manager.

‫But even if you don't fit into any of those categories, you can complete the exercises using your colleagues

‫as your team, pick the exercises most appropriate to your role.

‫Be sure to check the downloadable resource section for each section.

‫At the end.

‫We have recommendations for additional external resources that you can use to continue to strengthen

‫your leadership skills.

‫So let's get started.