Read these "Leadership Skills" articles [see Left-Side Panel for the latest articles], study them and learn how to:

• improve your leadership knowledge,
• sharpen your leadership-related skills
• enhance your self-directed learning efforts.

Why are leadership skills so important?
Leadership training programs energize the people-power of organizations. Our fast-paced world demands leaders at all levels. Today's leaders must be visionary, strategic thinkers who are goal-focused, evangelists and adaptive collaborators.
Leadership skills training develops those desirable traits, qualities and talents.

Leadership training and development courses require investments of time, effort and purpose. Anything worth doing is worth doing right. Learning leadership skills means making a commitment, managing your personal development and reaching towards significance.

Who "knows" leadership skills are important?
Superstars like Bill Gates, Tom Peters, Peter Drucker, Jack Welch and Oprah Winfrey all believe in the importance of leadership skills training - they know the power of nurturing, developing and empowering their people - you see, training leaders is the secret of their own successes!

Excellent leaders seek ways to maximize, expand-upon and broaden the scope of involvement of their people's bodies, minds, spirits and souls - when you nurture your people and they will nourish your prosperity.

Leadership is an art, it takes an understanding of its purposes to appreciate it.
Leadership is a skill, it takes practice to perfect it.
Leadership is a science, it takes methodical analysis to reveal its truths.
Leadership is a calling, it takes hope, love and faith to do it well.

Now go build your competences, expand your career options and increase your earning power!

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