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Great article on leadership, check it out and provide me your input. Being a leader doesn't always mean being the one in charge.

 

Leadership can happen throughout all levels of the organization chart. Leadership is about influence. A leader knows how to Influence others to follow their guidance and direction.

 

Traditionally, we think of leaders who lead or influence those who are positioned below them. While this is often the case, leadership can actually occur in all directions.

 

===> A true leader will know how to influence those who work alongside them as well as those who work above them. <===

 

Knowing how to influence your supervisor involves some strategic leadership skills. The one who is positioned to lead you will not be swayed easily. This idea is often referred to as leading up or upward leadership.

 

Read more, very interesting...:

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