Bill has been asked to do a two and a half hour, live radio phone-in on 'Leadership in the 21st century." The details are at: http://tinyurl.com/nbowyb
I guess one of the problems is that people will be looking for 'the answer,' the silver bullet, the one thing that will make them great leaders and, unfortunately, that misses the point; it is about lots of little things. There are no perfect leaders, (as there are no perfect friends, or husbands, or wives I guess), and so it is about being the best leader that YOU can, with all your foibles and specific traits. The Latin root of the word 'education,' is 'e-ducato,' which means 'leading out.' So rather than try to cram our heads with all the latest theories, or attempt to be like that leader over there, (not possible or even desirable) it's better to bring out the best in us as individuals. Hamel says it's all about innovation, Bossidy says it's all about execution, Collins says it's all about humility; who's right? Well none of them and all of them! I tried to be an innovative, servile, execution focused leader and it's like trying to be short and tall.
I will be interested to see what the questions are from the listeners but I hope they aren't looking for 'the one thing,' as they may be over simplifying things. Maybe see you on there?
