As someone who has led companies for several decades, the foreword bullet points aren’t half bad (in my words, the context is different and not everything translates directly, mistakes aren’t so often deadly in business) :
- know your business
- teach your team
- be a good listener
- treat your team with dignity and respect
- know the fundamentals of your business
- set a good example
- establish a positive culture
I went through a year of officers training in the Swedish army before my first job, after a year as a conscript. (Quite a different thing than other armed forces, Sweden being neutral, and no prospect of going to war on foreign soil, for example). I probably learned more things about leading people in those years, than I did in the following ten years. Not everyone was a good teacher, but there were some excellent leadership teachers there.
- know your business
- teach your team
- be a good listener
- treat your team with dignity and respect
- know the fundamentals of your business
- set a good example
- establish a positive culture
I went through a year of officers training in the Swedish army before my first job, after a year as a conscript. (Quite a different thing than other armed forces, Sweden being neutral, and no prospect of going to war on foreign soil, for example). I probably learned more things about leading people in those years, than I did in the following ten years. Not everyone was a good teacher, but there were some excellent leadership teachers there.