part 1

What is leadership?

‘Leaders are made, they are not born. They are made by hard effort, which is the price all of us must pay to achieve any goal that is worthwhile.’

Vince Lombardi, American football coach

View from Davos

By Miki Tsusaka

I arrived at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos with a great sense of expectation. This year’s summit – under the banner ‘The great transformation: shaping new models’ – was the first in the wake of some major upheavals in the business and political worlds: the Arab spring, the eurozone crisis and the awakening of Africa. Here, in the beautiful Swiss ski resort, some of the world’s most influential people gather to discuss the big issues. So I wondered if I would hear the first ...

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