What qualities does a leader need to be successful?
You need to have the ability to distill information. You get a lot of disparate information and, as a leader, you need to aggregate that and then distill it. Secondly, you need to have the ability to articulate a plan that has clear and measurable events or successes in it. Third, you need to have the ability to keep things very simple. Not because everyone can’t follow it, but it’s easier to follow if you understand … what the objectives are. You have to have the ability to hold accountability at a high level. You cannot have an entitlement situation. You cannot have ‘this guy’s a buddy of mine’ situation. You have to hold yourself to the same accountability, and measure progress on it, as well. How do you articulate your plan? You realize things work from the top down and bottom up. It doesn’t work one way. People that manage by position are weak. Weak managers typically say, ‘Do it because I said.’ You never get smart, committed, passionate people to buy in to that. It just doesn’
You need to have the ability to distill information. You get a lot of disparate information and, as a leader, you need to aggregate that and then distill it. Secondly, you need to have the ability to articulate a plan that has clear and measurable events or successes in it. Third, you need to have the ability to keep things very simple. Not because everyone can’t follow it, but it’s easier to follow if you understand … what the objectives are. You have to have the ability to hold accountability at a high level. You cannot have an entitlement situation. You cannot have ‘this guy’s a buddy of mine’ situation. You have to hold yourself to the same accountability, and measure progress on it, as well. How do you articulate your plan? You realize things work from the top down and bottom up. It doesn’t work one way. People that manage by position are weak. Weak managers typically say, ‘Do it because I said.’ You never get smart, committed, passionate people to buy in to that. It just doesn’t
