Successful executives who earn their way to the top don't stop learning once they get there.
One of our favorite clients is a politician who didn't fully realize his own potential until after retiring from public life to work in private enterprise. He is tough, smart, quick-witted, direct, and, at times, brutally frank — occasionally at exactly the wrong times. He resisted leadership coaching until his board insisted that he work with us. The qualities that made him a winner helped him become an outstanding leader. He learned to listen as well as talk; he listened to his heart as well as his intellect; he was able to maintain his core qualities and add patience and empathy to them. His final tough, smart, direct and brutally frank compliment to his coaches: "Son of a gun! If I'd met you 10 years sooner, I'd be Prime Minister."
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