Want to identify the best leaders? Here’s a tip: Don’t look for the person who inspires the most followers. I spent most of my career working for one company. When possible, we promoted from within, but every so often we would bring in a lateral hire. I would tell them, “You have great perspective, which…

For fourteen years, Microsoft had a larger-than-life CEO, his intensity the stuff of legend. He embraced a radical candor that sometimes meant meetings would devolve into shouting matches. He implemented a stack-ranking system that mirrored his own love of competition. The spotlight found him, and he consumed much of the oxygen in the room. His…