Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
Leaders need to be optimists. Their vision is beyond the present.
The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity. Without it, no real success is possible, no matter whether it is on a section gang, a football field, in an army, or in an office.
One of the lessons of leadership worth emphasizing is that you want to get to know other great leaders and take their advice. At some point in your development, it's only people who've been in the seat of having to be leaders who can help you in a deep way.
I don't have hard edges.
Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.
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.
Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.
Nothing helps make a leader more approachable than admitting your struggles, screw-ups and behind-the-scenes thinking on hard calls. If the leader makes this a priority, the whole company will be more open and methodical learning from failure.
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