Fulcrum Associates | Leadership Development and Teambuilding | Free Resources

Research has shown that the best managers demonstrate a wide range of the skills listed below. Also, they continually strive to be more effective, either by building on their existing strengths or by focusing on their less developed leadership competencies.

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		What skills do you need to develop futher to be a better manager/leader?
	1.	Recognizing the subtle, non-verbal ways people communicate.
	2.	Making sure I am clearly understood when I speak.
	3.	Combining effective questions and listening to get results from every communication.
	4.	Addressing a working relationship when it is not working.
	5.	Getting my employees to act more like "adults" (vs. like "children" or "parents").
	6.	Delivering both positive and corrective feedback.
	7.	Presenting my directives and my point-of-view with greater confidence.
	8.	Influencing others to see and accept my point-of-view.
	9.	Facilitating a dialogue between two people who disagree.
	10.	In meetings, balancing the advocating of positions/opinions with inquiring into others' points-of-view.
	11.	Redirecting people's focus from "what's wrong" to "what needs to be done."
	12.	Promoting a mindset that strives to maximize results, using the resources available.
	13.	Promoting a mindset that strives to maximize results, using the resources available.
	14.	Maintaining strong relationships at the same time as I push for maximum results.
	15.	Energizing my people around a compelling mission and goals.
	16.	Aligning people's attention and effort to achieve our unit's key objectives.
	17.	Setting challenging performance standards and getting buy-in for them.
	18.	Adjusting my own preferred style when the situation requires it.
	19.	Motivating my employees to contribute their best.
	20.	Managing "Generation X" employees (born, approximately, 1964-1985)
	21.	Translating our unit goals into individual employees' objectives and priority tasks.
	22.	Delegating appropriately, to free me up to do higher value work.
	23.	Using formal objectives and work plans to get special projects done.
	24.	Coaching performance throughout the year.
	25.	Conducting performance reviews that are positive experiences for all.
	26.	Getting employees to take accountability for their own performance results.
	27.	Effectively turning performance around when it slips.
	28.	Understanding group dynamics and how teams develop.
	29.	Building a high performance team.
	30.	Managing a "virtual team" (members in different locations geographically).
	31.	Applying the most effective strategy when faced with conflict.
	32.	Treating resistance as energy instead of as a blockage to change.
	33.	Facilitating people's rapid acceptance of change.
	34.	Making my meetings shorter and more productive.
Other	35.