As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.
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To be an effective leader and make sound decisions, you must be able to gather data by seeking out diverse perspectives and be willing to consider points of view other than your own.
In the end, as a leader, you are always going to get a combination of two things: what you create and what you allow.
If you are in a position to influence someone, you are a leader.
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.
I've put a lot of thought into being a leader.
Every leader needs to clearly explain the top three things the organization is working on. If you can't, then you're not leading well.
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.
A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed.
Well, the first quality of being a good leader is you have to be able to follow. See, a good leader can't just be the leader all the time, I have to be able to follow.
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.