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12 Essential Skills & Their Perfect Book Matches

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🚀 Supercharge Your Leadership Journey: 12 Essential Skills & Their Perfect Book Matches!

💡 I recently embarked on a journey to identify the most crucial skills for new leaders, and here’s what I found:

✪ Communication: Sharing & receiving information effectively.
📚 Mastering Communication at Work by Ethan F. Becker and Jon Wortmann

✪ Empathy: Understanding & sharing others’ feelings.
📚 Social Empathy by Elizabeth Segal

✪ Decision Making: Making informed, timely choices.
📚 How to Decide by Annie Duke

✪ Integrity: Being honest, ethical, and fair.
📚 The Way of Integrity by Martha Beck

✪ Strategic Thinking: Planning for future with foresight.
📚 The Optimist’s Telescope by Bina Venkataraman

✪ Delegation: Assigning tasks based on skills.
📚 ”Buy Back Your Time” by Dan Martell

✪ Motivation: Inspiring & encouraging team members.
📚 Primed to Perform by Neel Doshi and Lindsay McGregor

✪ Emotional Intelligence: Managing self & others’ emotions.
📚 Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman

✪ Adaptability: Adjusting strategies to changing circumstances. 📚 Adaptability by Max McKeown

✪ Conflict Resolution: Mediating disputes to find solutions.
📚 Radical Collaboration by James W. Tamm and Ronald J. Luyet

✪ Time Management: Prioritizing tasks & managing time.
📚 Do What Matters Most by Rob Shallenberger and Steve Shallenberger

✪ Resilience: Handling pressure & bouncing back.
📚 ”Emotional Habits” by Akash Karia

I used the Blinkist AI to find a book recommendation for each topic. The result was a treasure trove of knowledge! 📚

Leadership is a journey. Which of these books are you adding to your reading list to level up your leadership journey? Share your choices below! 👇

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💡 12 Essential Skills for New Leaders
✪ Communication: Sharing & receiving information effectively.
✪ Empathy: Understanding & sharing others’ feelings.
✪ Decision Making: Making informed, timely choices.
✪ Integrity: Being honest, ethical, and fair.
✪ Strategic Thinking: Planning for future with foresight.
✪ Delegation: Assigning tasks based on skills.
✪ Motivation: Inspiring & encouraging team members.
✪ Emotional Intelligence: Managing self & others’ emotions.
✪ Adaptability: Adjusting strategies to changing circumstances.
✪ Conflict Resolution: Mediating disputes to find solutions.
✪ Time Management: Prioritizing tasks & managing time.
✪ Resilience: Handling pressure & bouncing back.

Which of these skills do you believe is the most important for new leaders to develop first? Looking forward to read your thoughts below! 👇

Posted on LINKEDIN on 2024-01-28_Sun

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