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The Very First Things A New Leader Needs To Know

Source | www.forbes.com | Tine Thygesen

Nothing has more impact on your business than leadership skills. Despite that, it’s an underrated discipline that people are often expected to pick up without appropriate training.

Leadership is a tough job; half art, half science. Especially the first time you step up as leader or CEO it’s a daunting challenge. Here are five elements for becoming a great first-time leader:

1. It’s the mental game that’s the hardest.

You can read all the books you want about the hard disciplines of leadership—the goal setting, managing budgets, executive reporting, etc.—but once you start in your first leadership job you’ll realize that is the easy part. It’s the human side of leadership that’s tough. The insecurities will eat at you. Are you doing a good job? Do your employees like you? Do they respect you? Why does no one sit next to you at lunch anymore?

The thing is, a leader gets no feedback and has no one to ask. As an employee, your manager tells you how you are performing and how to improve. But as a leader, you’re supposed to just know that. This means you end up in a feedback void. On top of that, you feel like you’re always supposed to know what to do and have a clear answer on hand. That feels lonely and is the hardest part. What you need to know is that this is normal and a good thing. It shows that you care. If you don’t feel this when you first start out, you don’t care enough to become a good boss later on.

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