Sandi Mays of Zayo has a series of recent posts on leadership (A leadership lesson from Dan Caruso, A paycheck player, and Identify a great leader with this tool). There are important lessons and reminders in the posts, so it is well worth the read.
Another slant on the topic of leadership is the recognition of the courage that is required to make decisions.
Great leaders are not indecisive. They don’t waffle. They don’t over-analyze. They know that perfect information rarely exists, and if it does it is not readily available. Leaders act with what they know now. After the decision has been made, they defend it against those who now have the benefit of hindsight. Leaders know the abuse that awaits, and yet have the fortitude to make tough calls.
I’ll further this theme tomorrow, but ask you to consider this through the prism of MVaaS.