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How to turn the
core leadership
functions into skills
In this chapter I shall consider each of the main eight leadership
functions in turn, and help you to identify ways in which you
can perform them better.
Remember always that – because the three areas of task, team
and individual overlap so much – any function will tend to
affect all three circles. Take planning, for example. At first sight
that appears to be solely a task function. Yet there is nothing
like a bad plan to break up a team or frustrate an individual: it
hits all three circles. Another general factor to bear in mind is
that – as I have mentioned already – leadership exists on
different levels:
