to leadership coaching, or examine rigorous research on the subject, and you will find near-universal agreement on three basic points. Confidence will be on everyone’s list. Leaders must be reasonably confident, and instill confidence in those they lead, because nothing can be accomplished without the belief that it can be. Decisiveness is another essential attribute. Leaders can’t ruminate endlessly. They need to size up the situation, make a decision, and move on. And leaders must deliver a vision—the goal that everyone strives together to achieve.
