1.5 - About University

F OUR STEPS TO IMPROVING YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS:1. In which area of leadership do you feel you most need to improve?2. How might you go about making those improvements?3. Develop a brief action plan for making those improvements. It doesn’t have to be elaborate. A few simplesteps will do.4. Now, follow through with this plan. You’ll be surprised at how leadership skills can be developed withjust a little work and discipline.Copyright McGraw-Hill 2000. Original purchasers of this book are permitted to photocopy or customize this worksheet by downloading it fromwww.books.mcgraw-hill.com/training/download. The document can then be opened, edited, and printed using Microsoft Word or other word processingsoftware.R ELATED LEADERSHIP TOOLS1.4 Leader Principles 4.1 Organizational Design 9.2 Situational Leadership1.6 Boards of Play 9.1 Leadership Versatility 14.7 Personal PreferencesF OR FURTHER ASSISTANCEBellman, Geoffrey. Getting Things Done When You Are Not in Charge. Simon & Schuster, 1992.Bennis, Warren. An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change. Addison-Wesley, 1993.Bennis, Warren, and Bert Nanus. Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge. Harper & Row, 1985.Benton, Debra. How to Think Like a CEO: The 22 Vital Traits You Need to Be the Person at the Top. Warner Books, 1996.10 SECTION 1 FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS