Psychology of Leadership

When I ask groups of managers what makes a good leader, I rarely have to wait long for someone to say “Vision!” and everyone nods. I have asked this question countless times over the past 20 years to groups of senior executives, middle managers, and young students from different sectors, industries, backgrounds, and countries. The answer is always the same: a vision inspires and moves people. Expansion, domination, freedom, equality, salvation, whatever it is, if a leader’s vision gives us direction and hope, we will follow him. If he doesn’t have one, he can’t call himself a leader.
This vision spell, in my…