I have on my desk a quote that a very dear friend of mine gave me years ago when I was President of Y&R in Southern California: "Those on top of the mountain didn't fall there." I've kept it there for the past seven years as a reminder that it takes a lot of hard work to get lucky. And lucky I've been! I recently revisited a speech on leadership that I gave to the Executive MBA program at the University of California Irvine's Merage School of Business. I shared with these executives what I've learned about leadership through observation, trial and (much) error. Here's a summary of some of the core beliefs I've developed over the years: The role of leadership: Great leaders don't create followers – great leaders inspire more leaders to achieve things that matter. Great leaders define the organization's inspiring "why." Telling employees what to do is management. Showing employees how to do it better is directio
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