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LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF HILLARY CLINTON

2. Leaders need to be comfortable with uncertainty and
ambiguity. In fact, they need to be able to make up a
new plan as they are implementing the old one!
3. Leaders must be flexible and willing to adapt to
change. They are being called upon to reinvent them-
selves and their organizations over and over again
because we haven’t gotten to the “new” normal yet.

Then, I went on to explain that these all lead up to one
central attribute that I think is most critical for today’s
leaders, and that is being resilient.
It’s pretty clear to anyone who is in the job market
today that organizations are being forced to steer through
many unpredictable and difficult challenges created by
both the current economic crisis and the increase in global
instability. This calls for a different kind of leader from
what was needed in the past, when the focus was on
increasing productivity, decreasing costs, and encouraging
innovation. Today’s leaders must have the ability to
weather any kind of storm while effectively making the
transitions that are necessary if they are to steer themselves
and their organizations through times of great change and
uncertainty. These leaders must be resilient because they
will not always succeed the first time, and they must be
able to garner the same energy and commitment, from
themselves and from others, to try again and again until
they reach their goals.

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