For more than a decade, I’ve used the metaphor of an iceberg to talk about leadership – the 10% above the water line represents the skills of the leader and the 90% below represents their character. The Secret, a book I co-authored with Ken Blanchard, outlines what we believe great leaders do – the skills part of the picture. However, the question I have gotten consistently ever since we started using the iceberg illustration is this, “What are the character traits of great leaders?”
Tag: leadership skills
I just returned from an amazing trip to Antarctica – I had the opportunity to see something I’ve been talking about for almost a decade. I’ve asked leaders around the world to think about what leadership really looks like. Have you ever thought about it? What does leadership look like?