3 Powerful Steps To Developing & Growing As A Leaders

What type of approach can--and should--you take to developing and growing as a leader & helping others develop around you?

The simple answer is that many times, the approach that most leaders use only focuses on developing their business & functional skills within their organizations. That is really a one-dimensional development plan that will leave you under-prepared to handle the constantly fluctuating challenges of these volatile and unstable times.

James F. Bolt in his writing for the Peter Drucker Foundation on "Future Leadership" stated that "True leaders must develop all facets of their potential in order to lead, not just the narrow few needed to manage".

To really help you expand your development approach here are 3 specific areas of growth you should be developing yourself in as proposed by Bolt...

The first area is...

1. Business skills development - as a leader, you need development in this area because it will give the ability to effectively identify and deal with those critical business challenges, that arise in every organization; and this process is important for being able to skillfully guide your organization, in these challenging times

The second area is...

2. Leadership skills development - this area of development is really designed to help you expose yourself to a broad range of classical and contemporary leadership skills; one advantage this brings is the ability to help you develop your own authentic leadership style; and this is important for enlisting others to follow you.

The third area is...

3. Personal skills development - these type of skills are necessary to not only help you achieve excellence and on-going renewal in your life, but they will make you more efficient and productive, and help you find the perfect work/life balance. this area is important because people often watch how you handle your personal life as a leader, to determine if you can be a role model for them to follow.

When you use this simple but powerful three-dimensional development approach for growing your leadership, it gives you a powerful competitive advantage to win within your marketplace.