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Leadership

A leader focuses on creating change through bold visions, developing strong interpersonal relationships, building capacity, and inspiring others. Penn State Extension has the resources you need to build your leadership skills and become a successful leader.

Leadership Development Resources

Successful leadership requires a particular mindset and skill set. Optimism and realism are essential, especially during difficult times. It’s vital for a leader to accept realities, but also to never lose faith when challenges arise.

A strong leader can help create a powerful team because they can alleviate stress and cultivate a productive mindset, even when a team is inter-generational and multi-cultural. To do this, they must have a leadership philosophy or a set of beliefs, values, and principles. Emotional intelligence can be effective in terms of reaching organizational goals and outcomes.

A leader is different from a manager because they are more interested in producing change and movement than order and consistency. Leadership development opportunities are a fundamental need for professionals who feel they lack leadership skills. The mechanics of leadership are something that can be easily taught.

Team Development and Communication

Team development is critical for all members of a team. Formal and informal leaders may serve as coaches to help team members. At the same time, team members could serve as mentors to a less-seasoned member of the team.

For a team to work effectively, team members must communicate with one another in ways that promote connectivity, a successful mindset, and an ability to understand one another. Effective team communication creates awareness and understanding that fosters adeptness as team members complete their tasks.

However, it would be unrealistic to expect every conversation and communication to be successful. Team members can be from various cultures and generations, which means there will be different experiences, values, and concerns. Such differences can make some conversations difficult.

As a leader, you may have to deal with conflict. To be able to do this, it’s essential to understand how and why conflict arises. Only then can you choose a conflict-handling style and adopt a conflict management strategy.

Organizational Strategies

Organizational strategies are what allows a business or organization to reach its established goals. Strategies are important because a well-defined plan is crucial if you want to succeed.

With strategies in place, everyone in an organization knows where the business needs to go and what needs to be done to get there.

There are many situations in which organizational strategies are key. During an organizational crisis, for example, it is important for employees to feel safe.

Whenteams work virtually, they have to be effective and motivated. A clear strategy will help by providing team members with precise tasks, assisting leaders to be more responsive, allowing for delegation, building trust, and encouraging creativity.

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  1. Essential Skills: Elevating Emotional Intelligence
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    Essential Skills: Elevating Emotional Intelligence
    When 12/18/2024
    Length 1 hour
    Event Format Virtual | Live
    Explore emotional intelligence to boost self-awareness, regulate emotions, and improve workplace interactions for better relationships, motivation, and success in this Essential Skills workshop.
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    Mitigando los efectos de la incertidumbre a través del liderazgo comunitario
    By Carolyn Henzi Plaza, Suzanna Windon, Ph.D., Daniel Robotham
    Los líderes comunitarios son un mecanismo eficaz para fomentar e implementar el apoyo comunitario, especialmente en tiempos difíciles. Este artículo contiene estrategias para que los líderes comunitarios gestionen la incertidumbre en sus comunidades.
  3. Developing Self-Leadership Competencies
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    Developing Self-Leadership Competencies
    By Daniel Robotham, Carolyn Henzi Plaza, Suzanna Windon, Ph.D.
    Leadership competencies are usually seen as the ability to influence others to reach individual or shared goals. However, self-leadership competencies can help us to reach our goals through self-motivation and self-direction (Neck & Manz, 2010).
  4. Creando un clima de diversidad cultural positivo en el lugar de trabajo
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    Creando un clima de diversidad cultural positivo en el lugar de trabajo
    By Carolyn Henzi Plaza, Daniel Robotham, Suzanna Windon, Ph.D.
    Este artículo es parte de una serie sobre "Relaciones interculturales en el lugar de trabajo", le proporcionará información útil para aplicar estrategias para crear un clima de diversidad positivo en su organización.
  5. Administradores vs. Líderes: Diferentes, pero igualmente importantes
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    Administradores vs. Líderes: Diferentes, pero igualmente importantes
    By Suzanna Windon, Ph.D., Daniel Robotham
    El propósito de este artículo es discutir las diferencias claves entre administradores y líderes y de igual manera, proveer estrategias y buenas prácticas para mejorar la capacidad de liderazgo dentro de una organización o comunidad.
  6. Employee Disengagement and the Impact of Leadership
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    Employee Disengagement and the Impact of Leadership
    By Daniel Robotham, Suzanna Windon, Ph.D., Carolyn Henzi Plaza
    Businesses and organizations are constantly in a struggle to innovate and adapt to changing technology, market, and environmental conditions. The need for greater productivity and efficiency builds anxiety and stress for all involved.
  7. Cultural Differences in the Workplace
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    Cultural Differences in the Workplace
    By Suzanna Windon, Ph.D., Carolyn Henzi Plaza, Daniel Robotham
    This article is part of a series on "Cross-cultural Relationships in the Workplace." It will provide useful information to increase your cultural awareness in the workplace and apply strategies to facilitate intercultural relationships.
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