In previous articles we have shared some thoughts about the behaviors that are characterizing successful leadership during these times of turbulence and downturn we have been enduring for the last few years. Based on the accounts that keep coming forth, we can brush up those views and highlight today’s key THTs, i.e., “Traits for Hard Times“, and reflect on what they mean to us.

Leadership is not exercised in solitude nor in a vacuum but in a specific situation, in a particular environment and social context, with others and on others, who in turn interact with those who exercise leadership. Accordingly, the leadership experiences are varied and diverse. Leadership in fact can be exercised anyplace. And leadership lessons can come from anywhere.