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The best business leaders need to be firm, decisive, sympathetic and forward-thinking, and it can be hard to strike a balance. This section gives you advice on what it takes to be a good leader, and how you can earn the trust, respect and confidence of your staff.

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From expert to leader: grasping the baton

Leaders are a valuable commodity, but are the experts in your business cut out for it? Naysan Firoozmand explores the issue
In Successful leadership
Five golden rules for communication that really works

Purple your People author Jane Sunley reveals her five immutable rules for great communication
In Successful leadership
30 ways to have fun and unite teams

A happy office is a productive office. So says learnpurple's Jane Sunley, who offers 30 ideas to kick-start workplace happiness
In Successful leadership
Five steps to uncovering epic leaders in your company

Define, discover and develop your leaders. Jane Sunley, CEO of learnpurple, reveals the five secrets of building a team of leaders
In Successful leadership
VIDEO: Daniel Goleman on being a leader

Daniel Goleman explains why being demading and critical is not good leaderhsip.
In Successful leadership 20/09/11 14:34
Fired by your own company

The drawn-out saga at Liverpool Football Club has shown once again that owners can be forcefully removed from office. It’s never in the plan...
In You and your business
From here to austerity - how to do more with less

There’s no doubt about it, we’re in the age of austerity. Author and business owner Alex Pratt tells us how companies must keep calm and adapt
In Successful leadership
What sets successful entrepreneurs apart?

You’ll have heard the myths and conjecture before, so we asked an academic to reveal what the data says
In Successful leadership
The future of leadership

The collapse of the financial system gave us pause for thought about how we choose our leaders. Malcolm Gladwell and Daniel Goleman suggest...
In Successful leadership
Myths of the Valley

Technology journalist Sarah Lacy debunks 10 misconceptions about great entrepreneurs
In Successful leadership

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