Staff Writer Leaders exhibit characteristics such as being proactive, innovative, and visionary that demonstrate the ability to lead their teams on to new and challenging horizons. These characteristics will serve better after being honed through experience and practice. Volunteerism presents an opportunity for leaders to learn and practice skills while helping others. Here is how you as a leader can give and get more from being a volunteer. It's a common occurrence, a CEO leads a company to record earnings, retires and in just a couple of years, those once high-flying earnings are dropping like shot ducks.
Observers blame the new leadership team.
But most likely the observers are wrong. It's not just the new leaders who are screwing up. Look to him for what went wrong and what went wrong provides lessons for leaders at all levels.