5 Biggest Mistakes Leaders Make by: Billy Epperhart
Leadership is a learned skill. Like most other skills, you often learn by your failures. I have OHG PDQ\ RUJDQL]DWLRQV DQG WHDPV DQG , have learned some things regarding what to do and what not to do. If you are in a new position of leadership, or you just want to make sure you aren’t making mistakes, then I wrote this article for you. Whether you lead a single person or a company of thousands, I encourage you to seriously measure yourself against these mistakes.
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