152 Young Leadership Challenges
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Being underestimated is one of the biggest leadership advantages you can have.
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What makes a great leader?
To be an impactful leader you need more than just good management techniques, you need good people skills.
Being aware of what motivates, encourages, fosters, and grows a productive team is something that is learned in the trenches of interaction – where leaders are born.
Being a young leader comes with its own set of struggles, on today’s episode Shelby Moore, a 26-year-old leader in a stressful nonprofit who runs a team of over 40 joins me to talk about breaking stereotypes, proving herself, and building a productive team through transitions.
What you’ll hear on today’s episode:
- Non-profit culture
- Young leadership
- Building consensus
- Succession planning
- Growing teams in stressful fields
- Firing employees
- Hiring staff
- How to respond to “I have boots older than you”
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