What it takes to be a great leader | Roselinde Torres | TED

What it takes to be a great leader | Roselinde Torres | TED

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There are many leadership programs available today, from 1-day workshops to corporate training programs. But chances are, these won’t really help. In this clear, candid talk, Roselinde Torres describes 25 years observing truly great leaders at work, and shares the three simple but crucial questions would-be company chiefs need to ask to thrive in the future.

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31 Comments

  1. I couldn't be one as I think I can get a little too hot tempered ????

    A great leader is one who can weigh the good and the bad. Realize that everyone will not be for you, but that's ok bcus if you are the leader we still have to support you even though we do not agree on everything. It takes maturity, grace, and strength to be a leader. To be famous in the spotlight as a leader. Of course if they don't want the support then you just keep it moving. Everyone cannot be a leader.

  2. How well does a leader treat those who are dependent on him? That is one determinating factor. People whom are sick, vulnerable, dependent on gov support… how do you treat them?

  3. During WWI they used a lot of "motivational leadership", they set officers behind pointing guns to the soldiers to motivate them to not go back.
    this is what it is

  4. Becoming a leader is not easy, unlike what the articles say that we must be wise and take risks. But it turns out that the key is that we must have strong emotions to withstand criticism of our ideas and our capacity to build relationships with people

  5. The leader becomes a role model and determines what the groups under him will do. But not all leaders are good and have character that can be imitated. From the video I know that being a leader is not easy. I agree that great leaders are those who prepare not for the comfortable predictability of yesterday, but also for the realities of today and the unknown possibilities of tomorrow.

  6. 주제: 21세기에 좋은 리더를 만드는 것은 무엇일까
    21세기의 리더십은 3가지 질문으로 정의되며 증언됨.
    1. 다음 변화를 예상하기 위해서 어디를 보십니까?
    2. 어떻게 해서 개인적/전문적인 이해관계자 인맥을 다양하게 만드는가?
    3. 과거에 여러분을 성공하게 만든 방법을 포기할 수 있는가?

    -> 어제의 성공에 안주하지 않고 오늘의 현실과 또 알 수 없는 내일의 가능성을 위해 준비하는 사람이 진정한 리더다.

  7. Leadership is about service. A leader's influence motivates and helps people around him/her to become their best selves. Leadership is about setting and achieving goals and solving problems decisively and quickly.
    Thank you, Roselinde Torres, you did justice to the topic, 'What it takes to be a great leader'.

  8. just, beware the "abandon the past" thing..

    your past brought you here.

    progressivism can even make us move forward, but it is conservatism that keeps us standing

  9. Nelson Mandela is an extremely poor example of Leadership. He is a great exapmple of subtle revenge. This is clearly evident with the current state of South Africa. Where he groomed members of his party to purposley place South Africa in the current state it is in. He did not pursue equality but rather for his own race and family to be given privledge and opportunity. Mandela knew exactly the position he was leading our nation inot and what was going to happen. He may not be the beast destroying South Africa but he is the reason the beast has been taken off their leash

  10. This doesn’t sound new to be honest. Historical people have done these already.

    Don’t get me wrong. What she teaches is reality, but it feels off calling these things as something in the 21st century.

  11. What makes a great leader? One who thrives in what they do differently. Great leaders are not head down, they see around corners, shaping their future not just reacting to it. The 21st-century learnings about effectiveness and ineffectiveness. 1. What it takes to be a great leader. 2. What is the diversity measure of your personal stakeholder's network? 3. Are you courageous enough to abandon the past? For example: Go along to get along and leaders are doers.