courage , courage is the strand that holds all…
Page 144 courage , courage is the strand that holds all the pearls of intellectual leadership together. It takes courage to be your authentic self. It takes courage to engage enough with your people to listen to their ideas and what they have to say to build the trust you need to effectively lead them. It takes courage to create clarity for others. When you cannot see what will happen down the road. And it takes courage to create other leaders and prepare them to take your seat, especially when you cannot clearly see the next step in your own career.
— from Leadership & Business (Leadership/Business) · Lead to win by Carla Harris
In the book
And so the price of wearing the leadership jersey is the courage to speak up — especially when you see something wrong. Courage, in fact, is the thread that holds every other leadership virtue together. Hunt for dissent. The danger runs the other way too. […] Decide, then delegate with intent. Make the call; teach your people how to decide; hand them the intent and get out of the way. Build psychological safety, then demand candor. Make it safe to speak, appoint a devil's advocate, and have the courage to say the hard thing yourself. Create more than you consume. If the business doesn't create real value for everyone it touches, it's already dying. — Leadership & Business (Leadership/Business)