What is good leadership?

Leadership is a strange thing, and defining good leadership makes things even more complicated.

For example, good leaders never boast about being good leaders themselves; it is other people who (should) acknowledge the value and skill of good leaders.

However, these people who have the ability to identify good leaders may find it hard to express their criteria for good leadership in words.

Some people can describe and list certain features and traits that are an integral part of good leadership.

Some other people add a few more characteristics to make the list longer.

Finally, there are other people who may reject some of those characteristics or place stronger emphasis on a couple of them, and regard others as having a lesser value.

Good leaders should accept that they are only humans

At times of crisis, humanity is in desperate need for the so-called “superhumans”.

Only superhumans can save humanity from itself, when humans prove to be incapable of doing the job.

Superhumans have superpowers that are similar to the superb features and traits that are listed in long articles on good leadership.