Why Leaders Need People Skills

Today’s Tuesday Reading is John Baldoni’s column “Why Leaders Need People Skills”.  This is a familiar topic to alumni of the IT Leaders Program but I thought that we could all benefit from Baldoni’s point of view.  He notes:  “Top executives [and I would say leaders at all levels] are … returning to a most fundamental tenet of leadership:  the ability to connect with others in order to build trust and effectively lead in times of great challenge and change.  Call it the people-skills revolution.”