This is the winner of the New Manager category at the CMI Management Book of the Year Awards. The Leadership Skills Handbook from best-selling author Jo Owen reveals the essential skills you need to be an effective leader. It shows you what works in practice not in theory. Each skill is presented in concise easy to follow format. The skills are about the real challenges real leaders have to master. Based on research from over a thousand leaders in the public private & voluntary sectors it identifies the practical skills to make you even more successful & offers guidance on all key topics. This completely revised second edition of The Leadership Skills Handbook is about more than just technical skills it is also about developing the people skills behaviours & values you will need. Full of tips exercises & practical wisdom it will help you become a leader that people want to follow.