<p>Are you trying to become a better leader? Start by finding out where you&#39;re going. Great leaders are able to paint and implement a compelling vision that their employees share. Do the same.</p><p>Robert P. Hewes, of Camden Consulting Group in Boston, offered eight tips for being a better, more effective leader.</p>

<p>Know where your group or organization is headed and be able to articulate the direction well. Develop the ability to describe your vision in under a minute.</p>

<p>Is your head always down focused on what&#39;s in front of you? Lift your head up and look forward. Regularly think about the bigger picture for your work. </p>

<p>The best leaders delegate the right things to the right people at the right level. The next time you say, &#34;I just need to do this myself,&#34; stop in your tracks. Identify several items that others should really take on. </p>

<p>All of our beloved Boston sports figures work to improve their game. They practice, practice, and practice more. What professional development goal are you currently working on? </p>

<p>Having an action orientation is great, but action is not enough. Great leaders are focused on results. Adopt a results focus so your activity is directed at the end objective.</p>

<p>The best managers excel at dealing with conflict. They work through it, resolve issues and get parties moving forward. Plus, conflict is just going to happen. So, the Zen thing is to recognize this and embrace it.</p>

<p>Answers are needed, no doubt; Questions, however, can change the game. How often do you ask good questions? Simply put, most of us need to ask better questions. </p>

<p>Making decisions is easy — heck, you can flip a quarter to pick between two choices. Making high-quality decisions is much harder. Look at your &#34;pending&#34; decisions and ask &#34;Are these high quality decisions?&#34; What would raise the decision quality?