Courage. "A good leader absolutely needs courage to make decisions, get people to go where they would not have gone by themselves, and confront difficult and uncomfortable truths instead of quietly sweeping them under the table." Contribution. "When I meet people for the first time, I often say, 'What do you do?' And the reply that comes back is 'I'm a vice president' or 'I'm a partner' or 'I'm a director.' Does that tell you what they do? Not at all. They're not focusing on what they're contributing; they're focusing on their status and what they're taking out."
Responsibility. "Read any number of annual reports. When the results are up, it's always because of the brilliance and excellence of management. When the results are bad, it's because of government interference, unfair competition, the phase of the moon—nothing to do with management."