Leaders set a very clear path every day, in a thousand different ways, of what the people must attend to, inhibit, and keep it current in front of them.
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
Leadership is all about taking people on a journey. The challenge is that most of the time, we are asking people to follow us to places we ourselves have never been.
There are times when a leader must move out ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident that he is leading his people the right way.
A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.
To be a leader, you have to make people want to follow you, and nobody wants to follow someone who doesn't know where he is going.
The most important thing a leader can do is set the vision and don't stray. We said, 'We are a research foundation. Our mission is to accelerate cures.'
Any leader needs to be constantly interested in what's going on in the world, and constantly ready - even when things are going well - to change.
Leaders get out in front and stay there by raising the standards by which they judge themselves - and by which they are willing to be judged.
Leaders must be close enough to relate to others, but far enough ahead to motivate them.
Followers need to see how things will get better and what that future might look like. Leaders need to build that foundation of stability, and hope sits on top of that.
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