Kevin W. Sharer is the chief executive of Amgen and was interviewed in the corner office column of the New York Times this weekend.
I loved this question and answer:
Q. There are also, of course, intangibles in leadership. Could you talk about those?
A. Great leaders have something that when you see it, you know what it is, but it’s hard ahead of time to describe exactly what it is. But the first thing I’d say is that leadership is not about charisma and it’s not about style. It’s something about authenticity. It’s something about integrity. It’s something about willingness to take risks. It’s something about the ability to make others feel part of a larger thing. It’s part of being able to articulate the social architecture in a way that others can understand, believe in and follow.
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