What does leadership truly mean according to Ursula Burns?
According to Ursula Burns, leadership means taking a clear stance, standing firmly behind it, and accepting both the consequences when wrong and the glory when right. She emphasizes that true leadership requires compromise, investing for the long term, and making your point known while accepting the repercussions of your decisions. Burns contrasts this with what she observed in both politics (the debt ceiling negotiations) and business (the subprime market crisis), where short-term thinking prevailed over building long-term value. She notes that authentic leadership is actually 'a scarce example around the world.'
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Ursula Burns on the Importance of Leadership and Compromise in Business and Politics
The Economic Club of Washington, D.C.·6 months ago