Classic leadership practices

The best leaders with the most impact almost always use six classic fundamental practices:

• Uniting people around an exciting, aspirational vision;
• Building a strategy for achieving the vision by making choices about what to do and what not to do;
• Drawing and developing the best possible talent to implement the strategy;
• Relentlessly focusing on results in the context of the strategy;
• Creating ongoing innovation that will help reinvent the vision and strategy;
• Growing yourself so that you can most effectively lead others.