Leadership as ‘a Kind of Genius’

What the best public-sector leaders do doesn’t sound very exciting. It helps to be great at chess.

Twenty-five years ago, as I was growing interested in how cities produce leaders and leaders shape cities, I heard a state business association president define leadership. A leader, he said, "is someone who helps people get where they want to go."

by Otis White

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