Steve Arneson

Steve Arneson founded Arneson Leadership Consulting in 2007 to provide executive talent management, coaching, and leadership development solutions to corporations and non-profit organizations.

Steve has a passion for helping leaders reach their full potential.  He was named one of America’s Top 100 thought leaders on leadership for 2008, 2009 and 2010 and one of the country’s Top 25 leadership coaches for 2008 & 2009 by Leadership Excellence magazine.  

Dr. Arneson speaks regularly on the topic of leadership to corporate groups and conference audiences, writes a national weekly leadership column at leadershipexaminer.com, and is the author of Bootstrap Leadership: 50 Ways to Break Out, Take Charge, and Move Up, a book about leadership self-development.

Contact Information:
steve@arnesonleadership.com
571-334-9605
http://www.arnesonleadership.com

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Get to Know Your People

There are many ways to look at leadership, but there’s one thing we can all agree on - leadership is about people.  You don’t “lead” systems, budgets, plans or real estate.  If you’re a leader, you lead people.  (I elaborate on this point and others in the audio Q&A following this essay.)  In fact, leadership is all about people – the very definition implies that you’re enlisting other people to help you get things done.  The simple truth is that leaders need people as much as people need leaders; after all, it’s hard to get anything of great magnitude done by yourself.  Good leaders understand this, and work hard to empower, develop, and take care of their people.  And it all starts with getting to know them - beyond just their strengths and weaknesses as employees.

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