It's something that doesn't get talked about in leadership circles very often.

Vulnerability.

We have this image, an artificial image in my view, of what a great leader looks like. Very stoic. "Nothing hurts me. I'm just... I'm the man." We have a very male-dominated thinking around what a great leader looks like. We go to Braveheart, Donald Trump, and Patton, General Patton. Very larger-than-life characters that have a very sort of singular view of the world, not what you'd call vulnerable. And yet, I believe vulnerability is, or a willingness to be vulnerable, is a great way of engaging with team.

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