At its most fundamental level, leadership is courage.

• Courage to have hard conversations.

• Courage to make tough decisions.

• Courage to speak truth to power.

• Courage to do what’s right.

• Courage to have conviction of a vision.

• Courage to do things differently.

• Courage to be disliked.

Leadership isn’t about the words on your business card.

Leadership is about what you do when it isn’t easy to do.