If you don’t want to influence others, you can’t lead

Ask yourself: Do I want to influence others? Am I ready and willing to do so? This is the most fundamental task that managers and leaders perform. If you will not or cannot do it, if it makes you uncomfortable, if other needs — to be liked, for example — feel more compelling, you will struggle as boss, say Harvard Business Professors Linda A. Hill and Kent Lineback.

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