Why Great Leaders Focus on the Details
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Adi, if I asked you the top Three things that a CEO or senior leader needs to do to be successful. What would you say? Three things. Okay.
So one has to be to be able to communicate a vision. Another has to be the ability to execute on strategy. And then I guess the third would be to have the empathy to connect. with staff to be able to hire and retain top talent? Yeah, I think I would say something along the same lines, you know, setting the direction, making the most important decisions, and hiring good people to do the rest, you know, because we know delegation is a big part of being a leader and you can't micromanage.
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