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Idea from The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Horowitz

Leadership Is Vision, Ambition, Achievement

Leadership Is Vision, Ambition, Achievement

Insight

Horowitz starts from Colin Powell's definition, the ability to get someone to follow you even if only out of curiosity, then formalizes leadership as three measurable traits: the ability to articulate the vision, the right kind of ambition, and the ability to achieve the vision.

Source Context

!The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Horowitz#^ref-56603 !The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Horowitz#^ref-17969

Related Concepts

leadership | trust | culture

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