Leadership
If you can’t make them, you can’t lead. Good leadership is not a popularity contest. One of the most important take-away was the day I realized that leading well was more important than being well-liked. Our careers are filled with difficult, sometimes unpopular choices, and our success rests on how we handle them. You’ll avoid the tough decisions, you’ll avoid confronting people who need to be confronted, and you’ll avoid offering different rewards based on different performance because some people…