How to Be a Great Leader in a Time of Change

How to Be a Great Leader in a Time of Change: What makes a great leader? Erika Andersen – fellow Forbes contributor and author of Leading So People Will Follow – says we have an almost instinctive knowledge, thanks to thousands of years of evolution. “For most of history, who you chose as a leader was a life-and-death decision,” she says. “That’s deep wiring, and it’s not going to change in a couple hundred years.” The secret to recognizing these true leaders has been encoded in the heroic fairy tales that have been passed down, she says, and are just as true for contemporary business leaders as they were for medieval princes. “Leadership tales exist all around the world, and tell you what to look for in a good leader. They have important information embedded in them.”