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1) Listening. Listening is probably the most underrated trait of great leadership. Early in my career, I had a vision of the leader is the one who answered all the questions and told the team clearly and concisely what to do. Now, I realize that the best leaders ask all the great questions and rely upon their teams to show them what to do. (Disclaimer: While I understand this intellectually, I still do struggle to listen more than I talk.)

2) Humility. This is connected to #1. Great leaders are humble. They have the humility to know what they don't know, and they are open to learning new things constantly. Humility also makes the people who follow a leader respect them and want to work hard on their behalf.

3) Broad-minded. The best leaders I know study fields totally outside of their day-to-day work lives. And that's because they know there's value in synthesis--infusing ideas from disparate sources to come up with something new. So they are constantly exploring the unfamiliar and studying the unknown.


4) Comfortable with solitude. It's counter intuitive to some people, but leadership and solitude are connected. As a leader, so many things come at you all the time that you need to be able to stay by yourself and think through problems. We don't appreciate this enough--we tend to think of leaders as extroverted, "people-people." But in fact, some of the best leaders--both today and throughout history--were the people who were most comfortable being by themselves. (There's a great essay on this by William Deresiewicz, by the way, which you can read here.)

5) Givers. People want to support those who are generous. And the best leaders I know are generous--with their time, their talent, their resources, their money. The social psychologist Adam Grant has done a great deal of work on the idea of "givers"--people who expand what's possible in the world by what they give. And the best leaders I know happen to be givers, and they constantly find ways to help those around them.

6) Failures. I'm very suspicious of people who haven't failed in some way, and I'm even more suspicious if leaders haven't failed. Failure is the best teacher there is, and there are so many lessons you learn from falling on your face that you can't learn any other way. The best leaders I know have failed--some of them many times over. But that's part of what has given them the wisdom and experience to lead well.

7) Mission-focused. This one's important but often overlooked. The best CEOs I know are often the people who could care less about the title of CEO. They aren't looking for perks, corner offices, or fat compensation packages. They are so focused on the mission that they can forget how much time has passed at work (in ways that are sometimes unhealthy). But the point, more broadly, is that the best leaders are driven by a mission, and the mission sustains them through the inevitable ups and downs of leadership.

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As with flu, the most at-risk for serious repercussions are the elderly and those who are in bad health or have compromised immune systems. If that describes you, you may need to take extra precautions to avoid infection since a vaccine for the new coronavirus is at least several months away.

In the meantime, here’s what every smart leader, and employee, should do to avoid disruptions from both the coronavirus and the flu.

1. Don’t go to work if you feel sick, and don’t let your employees come in either.


Our American tendency to take a cold pill and tough it out when we don’t feel well is one of the worst habits we have. If you have any symptoms at all, and in particular a fever, you absolutely must stay home from work because you risk damaging the productivity of your entire workplace. This would be true even if there were no coronavirus.

Given concerns about the new illness and the fact that it’s flu season as well, you should make certain that your employees don’t come to work sick either. You might also review your paid time off or sick day policy to make sure employees never feel compelled to come in if they don’t feel well. They won’t be doing you any favors if they do.

2. Wash your hands. A lot.
People worry about catching viruses when other people cough or sneeze in their vicinity, and of course that is one way of contracting the flu and most likely the coronavirus as well. But it’s also alarmingly easy to catch the flu or another virus if you touch an object or surface that was touched by someone who was contagious any time over the previous 48 hours, especially if you then touch your nose or mouth.

This is where frequent hand-washing comes in. The more often you wash your hands, the less likely you are to infect yourself if you’ve touched something that had virus on it. Also, the less likely you are to give any virus you may have to someone else. Unfortunately, it’s possible to be contagious before you have symptoms and with the new coronavirus, it appears that you can be healthy but contagious for state can last up to two weeks. Which means that if you have any reason whatsoever to think you might have been exposed to the new virus, you should wash your hands very often, and try to limit close contact with other people for that amount of time. Elisabeth Rosenthal, a physician and journalist who lived in China during the SARS epidemic and covered it for The New York Times kept herself and her children safe, mainly with frequent hand-washing.

3. Unless you’re a healthcare worker or you have flu symptoms, don’t wear a mask.
If you’re healthy, wearing a mask is unlikely to help you in most situations, especially if you don’t wear a new one each time you go out. On the other hand, masks have been shown to protect healthcare workers who may be exposed to the coronavirus and other illnesses in the course of their work. Because of panic over the new virus, some health officials are concerned about a shortage of masks for those healthcare workers who need them most — and if they get infected, the disease is likelier to spread. In other words, though it’s counterintuitive, wearing a mask when you don’t need one could actually increase your chances of getting the coronavirus, or another virus. If you’re coughing or sneezing, though, wearing a mask may prevent you from sharing your cold or flu with anyone else. In Asia, many people wear masks because it’s considered polite to do so if you have cold or flu symptoms.

4. Give careful thought to your supply chain.
Even if no one in your office gets sick, the coronavirus could be a headache for your business because dealing with the outbreak may interfere with China’s ability to be the manufacturing juggernaut we’ve all come to depend on for just about everything. Wuhan, the now shut down city where the outbreak originated, is sometimes called the Chicago of China for its central location and importance as a transportation hub. The automobile industry, in particular, has set up shop in Wuhan, and General Motors, Ford, and Nissan all plan to close factories in accordance with the Chinese government mandate to extend the Lunar New Year holiday to February 3 as part of its effort to contain the outbreak.

If your company is dependent on products or product components made in China, it might be smart to stockpile a little more than you normally would in case there’s more widespread disruption to manufacturing if the disease continues to spread. If the virus is contained right away, you may wind up with some extra supplies. If it isn’t, you may be glad you have them on hand.

Published on: Jan 30, 2020

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