How to establish authority

Author: Lee Strasberg
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: A good leader is first a good follower. A good leader must be decisive—and his decisions must encompass his responsibilities, vision, and experience. A good leader is often humble and cautious. He always carefully avoids individualism to prevent it from completely destroying his vision. A good leader typically focuses on goals shared with his subordinates and motivates them through his own exemplary pursuit and effort toward these goals. A good leader emphasizes hard work and enforces certain rules and regulations, but at the same time, he equally values his subordinates' creativity. This is a book that can give you strength anytime. Excellence is not enough to win; only superiority can prevail. The key to successful leadership lies in outstanding execution, and outstanding execution is closely tied to authority. It directly addresses the blind spots people often encounter in leadership and provides multiple eye-catching, instantly effective techniques for communication, interaction, and management, supplemented by rich real-world scenarios, all designed to help you absorb and apply them as quickly as possible. Being a leader can actually be very easy—it just depends on your mindset and approach! This book aims to help you enhance your leadership skills, carefully select communication methods, break free from inefficient, command-style, or habitual leadership models, enable you to effectively motivate others, climb your career peak, and handle both favorable and adverse situations with ease. Establishing authority requires making it clear to others where your bottom line is—a skill; fostering smooth relationships so others follow you willingly is another form of intelligence.