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Leadership skills

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Leadership is the process of motivating other people to act in particular ways in order to achieve specific goals. The motivation of other people may be achieved in a variety of ways which affect leadership styles and the way a person exercises leadership can be identified as a series of actions which are directed towards a particular objective.

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