It’s fascinating to see many strong leaders who have character qualities such as servant leadership, humility, outstanding listening skills, empathy and being a visionary. There are 100’s of excellent leadership skills or competencies to leverage, I would say that great leaders often possess the 5 qualities mentioned above. For any leader out there, whether in a corporate, non-profit, or volunteer capacity, I would challenge you rate yourself on these for qualities or competencies. Better yet, ask people you work with closely to rate you on these qualities. It could be a great learning experience and give you things to focus on to develop further.

If you are in a leadership position, continue to focus on developing yourself. The better you are as a leader, the better you can be in serving your team. If you serve your team by being a servant leader, your focus is it’s all about them. If you truly serve your employees or next level leaders, then your job and attainment of companywide goals could become much easier to attain. Servant leadership can also directly drive higher employee retention and engagement levels. That translates into higher revenue and profitability.    

Small and medium-sized businesses may not have the time or expertise to implement the necessary people strategies for business success. The ideas above can be easily implemented by you to help improve the performance of your employees which leads to increased employee engagement and increasing the bottom line.

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