By now, you may have heard: I’ve been promoted to Director of Community Advocacy at the Wikimedia Foundation.
Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta
We’re still figuring out what that means, in the greatest of collaborative processes, but one thing it has immediately meant for me is that I’m spending more time reading and thinking about leadership.
In a fantastic article in the Christian Science Monitor, Prof. Allen C. Guelzo lists five traits that are important for leadership, in his opinion. They captured my attention.
1. Love of the daily toil and mechanics of governing
2. Understanding the issues of government (I would say, “of the enterprise”)
3. Mastery of the organization
4. Ability to turn liabilities in assets
5. Persistence
Nothing groundbreaking, to be sure, but as good a concise list as I’ve seen in a while. I’m going to spend more time thinking about this.
