Leaders cannot be adequately described by lists of traits or characteristics.

While virtually every leader has a sense of what “authenticity” means, few know how to develop it as a leadership skill.

I’ve been inspired by Harvard Professor Max Bazerman’s book The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See (Simon & Schuster, 2014). It’s really caused me to think deeply about how leaders often miss key data for decisions – either by ignoring it – or because of influence by others and attention to the wrong things.