Why leadership requires prudence and temperance

Leadership

February 7, 2013
Deborah Mills-Scofield

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Courage, Inspiration, smartblog for leadership, Vision

Courage is an important virtue for leadership. It is critical for leading people, disrupting the status quo and having significant impact.

But I also think two other virtues, prudence and temperance, are also critical for leadership. Of course, I can easily argue that all the virtues are important! Increasingly, leaders are asking me for help with these areas. This may sound paradoxical to courage, but hear me out.

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