25 Ways To Be A Better Leader

If you don't have time to read a book about how to improve your leadership skills, tackle a handful of these tips, complied from the works of many authors:

1. Don't micromanage
2. Don't be a bottleneck
3. Focus on outcomes, not minutiae
4. Build trust with your colleagues before a crisis comes
5. Assess your company's strengths and weaknesses at all times
6. Conduct annual risk reviews
7. Talk about values more than rules
8. Reward how a performance is achieved and not only the performance
9. Constantly challenge your team to do better
10. Celebrate your employees' successes, not your own
11. Err on the side of taking action
12. Communicate clearly and often
13. Be visible
14. Eliminate the cause of a mistake
15. View every problem as an opportunity to grow
16. Summarize group consensus after each decision point during a meeting
17. Praise when compliments are earned
18. Be decisive
19. Say "thank you" and sincerely mean it
20. Send written thank you notes
21. Listen carefully and don't multi-task while listening
22. Teach something new to your team
23. Show respect for all team members
24. Follow through when you promise to do something
25. Be courageous, quick and fair