True leaders realize there is always room for improvement. Recognizing that you are a task-oriented leader means you have already taken the important first steps to analyze your own leadership style.

Although most leaders employ a blend of several leadership styles depending on the situation, many people have a preferred style -- generally one that has worked well in the past. Small-business ...

For the longest time, Skills thought they had it all figured out. They were the star of the workforce strategy show, convinced they didn’t need anything else to be successful. After all, who could ...

In the day-to-day work of running a business, leaders are typically managing an endless list of responsibilities that all seemingly need their attention. While this is manageable within a smaller ...

Task-oriented activities often involve a certain degree of waiting before the actual activities commence. We suggest that seemingly irrelevant situational cues in the task environment, such as queue ...