According to Hal Gregersen, executive director of the MIT Leadership Center, leadership is an art and leaders are artisans who need to hone their skills. Just like a good artist, a leader is someone who wants to produce the best work they can.
Taking the example of photography, Hal, in an article for Harvard Business Review, says that a successful leader thinks about the layers from background to foreground and how they relate to one another. To read more, click here .