Abstract
Potential leaders who are fortunate enough to acquire the basic ingredients of leadership during their early years (ingredients such as good education and early experiences; upbringing; work ethics and values—see Figure 3.1) will still have a few more paths to follow on their journey toward becoming outstanding leaders. We will examine a number of specific actions that potential leaders and their organizations must undertake to enhance the likelihood of future success when we discuss these four paths:
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Path1:
Working hard and smart
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Path2:
Training and career development
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Path3:
Personal development
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Path4:
Cultural sensitivity
Being busy does not always mean work. The object of all work is production or accomplishments, and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration.
—Thomas Edison
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.
—Tim Notke
There are truths on this side of the Pyrenees that are falsehoods on the other.
—Blaise Pascal
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Muna, F.A., Zennie, Z.A. (2010). Paths to Outstanding Leadership. In: Developing Multicultural Leaders. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137104649_6
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