When leaders listen, people rally around. Leaders are persistent. When leaders fall, they get back up. Most effective leaders faced disappointments on the road to success. Yet they rose up and moved ahead.
Leaders respond positively to negative situations.
They respond positively, creatively, and energetically to negative situations. Leaders practice patience. Patience is the willingness to wait long enough for a process to produce the desired results. Good leaders know that after they've done everything possible to set events in motion, they can't force them along. Leaders maximize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses.