All leaders share something in common. They feel they are the only ones who can do the job.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Leaders play a unique role in periods of crisis and chaos. Because if you don't, you're not going to harness the power of all the people behind you.
In the past a leader was a boss. Today's leaders must be partners with their people... they no longer can lead solely based on positional power.
Leaders lead but in the end it's the people who deliver.
One thing that somebody told me is that leadership is a lonely role - some people can do it, and some people can't.
Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.
What happens with a lot of leaders is that their leadership style is like ADD; they are all over the place with different ideas. They could be driving one idea forward but then move on to something else too soon.
I think the leaders inevitably express the people they are leading.
Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
I think a leader has many roles to play. So, you know, one role is that of incubating talent; the other is that of being a strategist. It's a very interesting job I've got.
A leader's job is not to do the work for others, it's to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.