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One the most powerful LEADERSHIP SKILLS i teach in leadership classes is: Listening Skill. Listening is an art and it is imperative in leadership. It increases your capacity to read people and understand them deeply. When you talk, you only voice out what you already know. But when you listen, you have a chance to learn new things. To lead well, always find time and listen to people you lead – because when you do, you will hear what is not even spoken by mouth. Leaders who do not listen to their followers will encourage them to be listening to others outside. When your listening ability is faulty, you will be taking decisions without considering the feelings of people.  So, BE A LISTNER.

The study of value, which is known as axiology, is very crucial to modern leadership development. No leadership will do well without specific and identifiable values and value systems. Dictionary asserted that ‘values are beliefs about what is right and wrong and also important in life.

In other words, values are principles, ethos, worth, motive and standards guiding what we do and how we do them. They are also ideals of life that people live by to get going. In leadership,

1. Your value will determine your priority.
2. Your value will determine your association.
3. Your value will determine your thinking.
4. Your value will determine your mentality to work.
5. Your value will determine your attitude
6. Your value will determine your planning.
7. Your value will determine your friendship.
6. Your value will determine what you adulate,
8. Your value will determine your perception about money.
9. Your value will determine your reward system
10. Your value will determine your worth.