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How Practicing Personal Growth Can Make You a Better Leader

How Practicing Personal Growth Can Make You a Better Leader by Tabitha Laser. Photograph of a woman holding a coffee mug that says "like a BOSS" by Brooke Lark
Photograph by Brooke Lark

Being an effective leader is challenging, but there are 6 steps you can take to help yourself and your employees.

Anyone who has ever flown on a commercial airline is probably familiar with the part of the pre-flight safety demonstration that tells us in case of an emergency to strap on your own oxygen mask before helping others. This same idea can be applied to being an effective business leader

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