Second, my style is hands off - I give people the room they need to excel. First - people matter most. You can have great people and mediocre technology and still succeed but great technology will never overcome a lack of great people. Second - Leaders must be clear about their company's overall strategy since everything flows from it. Third - Companies must continuously reinvent themselves.
Strategic innovation is key.
The challenge is how do you create, lead and expand your strategic global business space. To create and diffuse knowledge about strategy and organization in companies that confront non-linear change. My Grandfather who was a lawyer. In India, untouchables were at the lowest rung of society with no education or quality jobs to speak of. In the area where he grew up, he would sit under a bunion tree and teach the untouchables school work.