Your job as a leader is to point the team towards a better future and to model the way forward in terms of improved interactions, communication, and results.

The most successful leaders are selective about what they take on. Knowing yourself and your best leadership mode is not just about business success. It’s also about personal satisfaction.

Coaching and performance questions are among the most frequent types of questions I get when working with new and front-line leaders. Among those questions, the most common question is often phrased this way:

“How do I discipline someone when I’ve already done everything I know to do to get them to improve?”

Reading can be a hobby and a pleasurable pastime, or it can be a conscious approach to learning and growth. In order to make it the latter, you must adopt strategies that help you take what you learn and translate it into ideas and action.