What do you see as the key attributes that make leaders successful? Passion. They really have to believe in what they do. Ironically, this means they can occasionally believe in very bad things. Most effective leaders, therefore, also have a moral compass. They’ve also got to be quite tough in order to deliver their passion. The effective leaders that I’ve met are a strange combination of passionate human beings who can communicate that passion to others and who, at the same time, are forceful, take big risks. If you don’t measure up, they get rid of you. If you can do both those two things, you get commitment from people. It is winning that commitment that makes effective leaders. Finally, the leader must be prepared to admit that he or she does not have all the answers. This is a very rare combination: someone who is passionate, very tough, and at the same time able to doubt.
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