Ultimate Leadership Resource Guide, Part 5: People Are Your Greatest Resource

If you are a business leader and want to improve your team's performance as well as grow your own leadership skills, we've compiled a 7-part series of useful and insightful articles to guide you effectively and efficiently.

Part 5: People are Your Greatest Resource

It's a common mantra in the business world that people are your greatest resource. This is true, but it's more than that. People aren't just resources to be used and consumed and replaced like factory equipment or a fleet of vehicles. They are an equal part of your organization's success.

Here are three articles that help bring that relationship into focus and guide you toward a more effective and efficient operation, one where both leadership and the people employed there work together to bring their shared mission and vision to life.

→ All Business Problems are People Problems

A company is only as good as its people. From top leadership to part-time customer service or reception, every individual within the organization plays an important role in the business machine.

→ Four Experts, One Question: How do you put the right people into the right seats?

We chose four experts in HR, recruiting and employment consulting and asked them one question: How do you put the right people into the right seats?

→ Would you pay $2,000 to save $20,000?

It may seem counterintuitive to spend money to save money. But have you ever bought a cheap pair of shoes, only to buy a more expensive pair that are more comfortable? It would have been cheaper to buy the nicer footwear up front.

The complete series:

• Part 1: Fuel your Team's Performance
• Part 2: Kill High Turnover
• Part 3: Take Your Ability to Learn to the Next Level
• Part 4: Find Your Keys to Effective Leadership
• Part 5: People are Your Greatest Resource
• Part 6: Accurate Hiring is Your Secret Weapon — Coming soon
• Part 7: Attract Top-notch Candidates — Coming soon