<story><title>Michael Seibel on Leadership Attributes in Successful Startup Leaders</title><url>https://torch.io/ceo-interview-series-michael-seibel-on-leadership-attributes-in-successful-startup-leaders/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>aytekin</author><text>“Level Two thinking is about creating an environment and empowering people such that they do produce great outcomes without you having to tell them. If they can get into a mental model of what’s good for the company, and if they can be motivated and feel empowered, then they start doing great things. You don’t have to direct them. ”&lt;p&gt;“If you want to build a ship, don&amp;#x27;t drum up people to collect wood and don&amp;#x27;t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.“ - Antoine de Saint-Exupery</text></comment>
<story><title>Michael Seibel on Leadership Attributes in Successful Startup Leaders</title><url>https://torch.io/ceo-interview-series-michael-seibel-on-leadership-attributes-in-successful-startup-leaders/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>AndrewKemendo</author><text>The topic of leadership seems to come up frequently in these circles and I think it&amp;#x27;s great and important.&lt;p&gt;It does strike me as odd though that there is almost no recognition or reference to the vast world of case study and literature about leadership, and technical leadership to boot.&lt;p&gt;For example, Siebel talks about &amp;quot;Level 2&amp;quot; thinking as well as self awareness as important attributes to being a good leader. These attributes can be found discussed in great detail with well worn concepts like &amp;quot;Servant Leadership&amp;quot;[1] and &amp;quot;Referent Power&amp;quot;[2].&lt;p&gt;Further, actively seeking high consequence&amp;#x2F;stress situations like Siebel discusses is a well understood way of learning leadership.&lt;p&gt;So my question is, if it is important for tech CEOs or other tech people to understand and embody these leadership principles, why not seek out the huge amounts of training and learning on this - and to that end seeking out people who have gone through a lot of it, rather than trying to start from first principles?&lt;p&gt;Let me be clear too, I&amp;#x27;m not suggesting you can learn this stuff from a book. Far from it. What I am saying is that there are a lot of great people out there with tested leadership experience, that are overlooked by the tech world because it does not specifically select for it.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Servant_leadership&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Servant_leadership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.communicationcache.com&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;1&amp;#x2F;0&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;10887248&amp;#x2F;the_bases_of_social_power_-_chapter_20_-_1959.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.communicationcache.com&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;1&amp;#x2F;0&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;8&amp;#x2F;10887248&amp;#x2F;t...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>