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Leadership in Three Simple Steps

Leadership is about supporting and building employee morale and productivity...To maintain and build high performance work relationships you must focus on three core ideas: reduce ambiguity, be fair and stay positive.

Reduce Ambiguity
People hate the unknown, the unclear and the unnecessarily complex... assumptions are rarely correct. Typically, they are negative and self-serving. All of this is time not spent working productively because you failed to go the extra few steps required to really reduce ambiguity.
...With great communication and clear performance goals you will go a long way towards reducing unnecessary employee ambiguity.

Be Fair
This does not mean treating people the same. You only want to treat people identically in terms of creating an environment where expectations are clear and opportunities are open to everyone...
One vital key to not only being fair, but being perceived as fair, is to allow people a voice in shaping decisions that affect them...

Stay Positive
Positive emotions (just like negative emotions) are infectious...
Next, realize that to be a leader is to be a cheerleader....

Author's Bio : Dr. Dewett
Dr. Dewett is a business professor, author, consultant and speaker specializing in leadership and organizational life... more at drdewett.com.