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A couple of weeks ago I met a CEO, who recently took over the charge of fairly large organization. Being a good listener - developed this habit with great difficulties - I gave a patient hearing to his future plans: How to make the company highly profitable etc.

In few minutes I got impressed; Not just because he speaks well but intelligent too. So I decided to probe further and initiated a general discussion on his strategic initiatives.

Gradually, he opened up, and we had an interesting brain-storming session lasting for more than an hour - although my appointment was for 30 minutes only. We discussed at length about the leadership qualities  essential for achieving success in a difficult environment.

Let me now highlight the gist of our discussion:

You can taste success even in a difficult situation, if  you remain focused on the following objectives, continuously and consistently.

1.First lesson of leadership is to get involved in everything that matters. Success is like a chain, and ignoring even one link may lead to breaking its continuity . Identify the links and do your best to maintain them.

2.Second lesson of leadership is to improve self-knowledge. For helping the poor you have to be rich; so for guiding your team members you must have a strong knowledge base.

3.Third lesson of leadership is to eliminate fear of failure. Battles are not won in the ground but in thoughts.

4.Fourth lesson of leadership is to Improve confidence level. Nothing can be achieved, unless you are convinced that you can achieve it.

5. Fifth and final lesson of leadership is to develop team members to the extent that they are able to reach their maximum potential.

It was a good learning experience and one of the best meetings I had with industry leaders recently. If you wish to add more, pl share. Image Source

Update: Nice to see this topic - the message - being debated on Wall Street Journal - over a posting - published today. Read it HERE

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