A couple of months ago, a group of business colleagues and I were enjoying a very in-depth and intriguing conversation around what makes an outstanding leader. Whilst each of us are now running our own business or are in a position of authority and responsibility, we all seemed to have different backgrounds, had been brought up with different values and had enjoyed the benefit and the challenge, of strong leaders, coaches and mentors along our journey. As such, it was interesting to listen to and understand what leadership meant to each of the members of the group. We spent hours discussing, and sometimes debating, what we thought was the top leadership principle that we had embraced and utilised to achieve the results we had achieved thus far. Out of the discussion, one thing became very clear – we all had different perspectives on the number one leadership principle. Continue reading →