Qualities of a Great Iconic Leader / Founder / CxO / SVP

• Spine and Audacity to take bold calls, pick the right fights, not afraid to abolish projects for lack of quality even if $$$ were spent, forcing oneself to come out of the comfort zone, take a strong stance even when odds are not in favour
  Thinking. Thinking. Thinking. What separates managers and leaders is the ability to do Smart Work. Ability to ideate and come up with solutions that change the game

• Frequent Orbit Shifts. Great Leaders shift their orbit quite frequently and move to the next level. Takes a lot of work, but again they don’t see it as work

• Smart work = 9/10 at least, Hard work = 9/10 at least and Long work = 8/10 at least

• A lot of Leaders don’t pay as much important to Smart work as they give to Hard work and Long work / Smart work gives you such a great edge that it can single handedly beat everything else

• Intelligence to spot patterns when others can’t

• Ability to build systems and scale processes

• Ability to attract and hire the best talent and give them the right direction and resources

• Strong Opinions and Stance but also very adaptable to change the opinions and stance if proven wrong

• READING. READING. READING. The best videos are out there, the best books are out there, the best blogs are out there / the good part about this industry vs let’s say Bollywood or Cricket or Politics is that here people share their insights, their art, their tools and everything they do very very frequently. Steve Jobs, Sam Altman, Jack Dorsey etc have created so much content about how to be a Great Leader that it’s a shame if you’re not using it well