Competence is critical for great leadership but not sufficient. Great leaders connect and empower. This requires a high level of self-awareness and constant learning.

A CEO can learn – and should learn, because every day we have to be able to develop ourselves as human beings and as leaders. The problem is that our daily lives are so filled with long agendas, difficult tasks, and the challenge of keeping your distance and acting as if you have all the answers. At the end of the day, that prohibits you from learning. if you don’t think about this constantly, if you don’t concentrate on it, then you can go through a long time in your job as CEO without actually learning anything.

The learning CEO and leader is absolutely essential to the long-term survival of any organization.