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3 Strategies to Become the Resilient Leader You Were Meant to Be
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3 Strategies to Become the Resilient Leader You Were Meant to Be

So you’ve finally made it to management. Here’s how you stay there—and keep climbing the leadership ladder.

Bill Treasurer
Fast Company, 2022
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Leaders operate differently than solo performers and require a distinct mindset and skillset. In this article for Fast Company, leadership coach Bill Treasurer, author of Leadership: Two Words at a Time, advises newly appointed executives to develop “leadership fitness” to attain sustainable success. He outlines three steps toward developing this crucial trait: master yourself, nurture your team, and focus on results.

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To become a better executive, develop your “leadership fitness.”

Promotion to a management position is only the first step in your leadership journey. The individual performance that brought you an executive role won’t make you a good leader who performs successfully for years to come. That will take work.

Being a leader will challenge you. You must deliver without fail even if you lack sufficient resources, struggle with bureaucratic processes, and must navigate office politics and people’s irksome quirks. You will have less time to maintain a healthy balance between work, personal matters, and family, so you must give it more thought. However, leading others and shouldering extra responsibilities is fulfilling. You can apply your creativity and set the path for your team and your organization while making...

About the Author

Bill Treasurer, a leadership coach and  CEO of Giant Leap Consulting, is also the author of Leadership Two Words at a Time: Simple Truths for Leading Complicated People; Leaders Open Doors: A Radically Simple Leadership Approach to Lift People, Profits, and Performance; Unlocking Horns: Courageous Conflict at Work; and other leadership titles.

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