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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Essential Skills: Elevating Emotional Intelligence
When 12/18/2024Length 1 hourEvent Format Virtual | LiveExplore emotional intelligence to boost self-awareness, regulate emotions, and improve workplace interactions for better relationships, motivation, and success in this Essential Skills workshop. - Webinars
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Essential Skills: Managing Time to Achieve Goals
When 12/04/2024Length 1 hourEvent Format Virtual | LiveLearn key time management strategies to boost productivity, set achievable goals, avoid procrastination, and create a balanced routine for success in both work and personal life. - News
Opportunity for Farmers to Receive Free Legal Services
Date Posted 10/15/2024The Penn State Law Rural Economic Development Clinic is open to assist farmers with various legal matters. - Webinars
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Essential Skills: Managing for Trust
When 11/20/2024Length 1 hourEvent Format Virtual | LiveExplore the power of trust in teams, learn to identify trust-busting communication, and discover strategies for fostering collaboration in this engaging webinar. - Webinars
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Essential Skills: Planning for Effective Communication
When 11/13/2024Length 1 hourEvent Format Virtual | LiveExplore effective communication strategies in this free, one-hour webinar, covering audience understanding, barriers, and diverse methods to foster a collaborative work environment. - Webinars
Essential Skills: Managing Stress
Length 1 hourThis workshop addresses farm stress by exploring its causes, effects, and management tools, including the ABC Model of Stress, to enhance self-confidence and mindfulness for immediate stress relief. - Webinars
Essential Skills: Negotiating Across Diversity
Length 1 hourElevate your negotiation skills to achieve win-win outcomes, build relationships, and tackle cross-cultural challenges. Join our workshop for essential strategies and effective conflict resolution. - Webinars
Essential Skills - Self-Awareness and Personality Types
Length 1 hourDiscover how understanding your personality type can significantly enhance your communication skills by providing insights into your natural preferences and tendencies. - Articles
Mitigando los efectos de la incertidumbre a través del liderazgo comunitario
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. - Articles
Diversity Training in the Workplace
This article is part of a series on "Cross-cultural Relationships in the Workplace." - Articles
Capacitación en diversidad en el lugar de trabajo
Este artículo es parte de una serie sobre "Relaciones interculturales en el lugar de trabajo". - Articles
Developing Self-Leadership Competencies
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). - Articles
Desarrollando Competencias de Autoliderazgo
Las competencias de liderazgo generalmente son consideradas como capacidades para influir en los demás y de ese modo alcanzar metas individuales o grupales. - Articles
Creating a Positive Cultural Diversity Climate in the Workplace
This article is part of a series on "Cross-cultural Relationships in the Workplace." It will provide useful information to apply strategies to create a positive diversity climate in your organization. - Articles
Creando un clima de diversidad cultural positivo en el lugar de trabajo
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. - Articles
Diferencias culturales en el ambiente laboral
Este artículo es parte de una serie acerca de las "Relaciones interculturales en el lugar de trabajo." - Articles
Empathy: More Important Than Ever Before
This article provides tips to improve a leader's empathic ability and inspire others. - Articles
Administradores vs. Líderes: Diferentes, pero igualmente importantes
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. - Articles
Managers vs. Leaders: Different but Equally Important
Key differences between managers and leaders, with strategies and best practices to enhance manager and leadership capacity within an organization or community. - Articles
Inteligencia cultural en el lugar de trabajo
Este artículo es parte de la serie "Relaciones transculturales en el lugar de trabajo". - Articles
Employee Disengagement and the Impact of Leadership
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. - Articles
Cultural Differences in the Workplace
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. - Articles
Conflictos en los equipos de trabajo: las pautas para la resolución de conflictos
Cuando surge un conflicto ¿por dónde debemos empezar para buscar una solución? - Articles
Utilizing Emotional Intelligence to Lead During Uncertainty
This article provides tips for developing and improving emotional intelligence. - Articles
Liderando en un Contexto Inter-Generacional
Este artículo proporcionará consejos para desarrollar el liderazgo intergeneracional.