Where have all our leaders gone?

Published December 22, 2021 12:00am ET



Great leaders are made, not born.

I learned that at the CIA, where I found myself an adequate leader on most days, a very good leader on a select few days, and a far more capable leader toward the end of my career. But that improvement only came after much adversity and failure taught me very hard lessons on how to lead.

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