What is the starting point of leadership? A lot of people are confused by this. In working with thousands of leaders, I hear this all the time.
I once had dinner with a 33 year old young man about to take over a 3rd generation company. Just like a lot of well intentioned leaders, he was also confused about this same topic.
I let him know that the starting point to leadership is goodness and interest.
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