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Solitude and Leadership
Leadership means finding a new direction, not simply putting yourself at the front of the herd that’s heading toward the cliff.
William Deresiewicz • “Solitude and Leadership”
If you want your leaders to become wiser you need to create space for them to reflect, alone and with each other.
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
With a team of sponges, the best leader is not the person who talks the most, but the one who listens best.
Adam Grant • Hidden Potential
But we see other traits too, such as emotional regulation, life experience, humility, self-awareness, openness to change, propensity to reflect, a positive mindset, comfort with ambiguity, commitment to learning, and a desire to serve the common good.
Paul Lawrence • The Wise Leader: A Practical Guide for Thinking Differently About Leadership
Churchill’s Europe required one type of leader. Today’s interconnected world requires its own. Because there is so much information to be sorted through, so much competition, so much change, without a clear head… all is lost.