By Rodger Price, AllBusiness, January 2016

There are many effective ways to lead, and leaders all have a unique design when it comes to ability and potential. Some great leaders do it through their high energy and engaging personalities. Others do it through careful planning and significant investment in the people who choose to follow them. Still others do it through sheer determination and dogged persistence.

The key to enhancing your own leadership effectiveness is to understand your style and build upon your leadership strengths. Your character makes you who you are, and consists of traits that are very difficult to transfer from one person to another. This is why if you aren’t living an authentic version of yourself—if you are pretending to be someone else—success will not be easy or sustainable. Read more here