Originally found at Inc., by Jeff Haden.
Great leaders are charismatic. They hold strong opinions. They take strong stands. Through force of personality alone, they tend to own the rooms they inhabit. Like Jeff Bezos. Or Mark Cuban. Or Elon Musk, who once said, "I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."
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