47 Habits of Pretty Good Leaders

Let’s see if this headline is too sweat-inducing to attract eyeballs. I think 47 is just a tad above the magic “5” number bloggers are apparently taught to use. So, sorry but I’ve added 42 additional elements to the perfect blog formula. I believe in simplicity, but you must seek the “simplicity on the other side of complexity” (Oliver Wendell Holmes).

This post is another excerpt from one of my favorite business books The Leader’s Handbook by Peter Scholtes. It’s not what you think; it’s not a self-help book. It’s a book on systems thinking and how that should be incorporated into a business at every level. It tells you exactly what to do when you dive into it. So, here we go with a brief <g> overview on how to be the new type of leader:

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1. The new competencies of leadership

2. Systems Thinking

3. Understanding the variability of work

4. Understanding how we learn, develop, and improve

5. Understanding people

6. Understanding the interaction between systems, variability, learning, and human behavior

7. Giv…