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Firm Leadership Is NOT For Wimps!
Leadership Truths We Don't Talk About
The very concept of leadership is elusive and tricky. Every business-book author coins a new “type” which is then sold as the latest elixir to problems. We see these everywhere: authentic leadership, transformational leadership, charismatic leadership and other rubbish. It is hard to define leadership in a way that is satisfactory to everyone although most professionals tell me that they believe they know it, when they see it.
What these same professionals may not appreciate is how difficult the job of leading a firm can actually be. There are a number of truths that aren’t identified in any guidebook; that experienced leaders only whisper about after having been in the role for some period of time and after having recognized that the art of leadership is always a work in progress.
Here are eight truths that I know to be valid based upon anecdotal evidence gleaned from countless discussions and interviews with firm leaders much wiser than I:
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