1. Why is leadership an important element in strategy implementation?

2. Think about any two leaders you have known, one effective (i.e., good) and one ineffective (i.e., bad). For instance, think about the best boss youve ever had and the worst boss youve ever had. Next, make a list of the traits, practices, characteristics, etc. that cause you to consider one of them to be a good leader and the other to be a bad leader. In other words, what are the traits, practices, characteristics, etc. that cause you to consider one of them to be a good leader and the other to be a bad leader?

What is required to transform a good company into a "great" company? In other words, what do you think is the single most important ingredient? Is leadership the key ingredient? Is having the right strategy the key ingredient? Is having the right culture the key ingredient? Is having the right structure the key ingredient?

If you had to develop a list of the ten greatest CEOs of all time, what names would appear on your list?