They are looking for a leader who will back up their words with action.
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So what kind of help and support is useful and appropriate for a leader?
Not only was he clever, he was a good-looker, always an asset for a leader.
These companies are high growth, pre-IPO firms that are looking for a leader with experience similar to mine.
In other words, a long career as a manager may not be the best training for a leader.
For a leader, becoming a strategist starts with getting clear on why, whether, and to whom your company matters.
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His speech to parliamentarians of the ruling party before they voted for a leader was unusual for a Japanese politician.
Being product focused and seen as a technology innovator may be more desirable traits for a leader than having a business-centric persona.
Americans were looking for a leader who offered youth, dynamism and vigor.
When you think about it, there are many ways for a leader to assist another person in a wide range of business activities.
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Courage , for a leader, is the demonstrated willingness to do things that are personally difficult or frightening, for the good of the enterprise.
When goals multiply, it becomes necessary for a leader to cut out the non-essentials and to unite other goals under a single, essentialized umbrella.
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Choosing a dominant chair may be the most effective way for a leader to control the agenda or dominate the meeting, but it also stifles collaboration.
It is looking for a leader who will confront Progressivism head on, with the goal of defeating it, rather than of reaching an accommodation with it.
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Whether you look at politics or industry, it seems as though everyone is searching for a leader to bring the country back to its former glory days.
This can be one of the most challenging things for a leader as it takes humility and a willingness to hear what they must be willing to change and improve in themselves.
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That has been made all the harder by Tony Blair's decision to prevent the Welsh Labour Party from opting for a leader who showed dangerous signs of being capable of independent thought.
The state funeral - Ethiopia's first for a leader in more than 80 years - began in Meskel Square after a journey of about an hour-and-a-half from Mr Meles' official residence, the Grand National Palace.
Mr Cameron also raised Mr Miliband's failure to say during Monday's session what he would have done at the EU summit, adding that most Labour MPs would be asking for a new leader for Christmas.
However, Dolan speaks only halting Italian and a little Spanish, and no French or Latin, a huge drawback for a potential leader of a 1.2 billion-member global church. (By contrast, Benedict speaks eight or so languages.) The cardinal's informality and folksy vocabulary, which help make him so approachable in the United States, could actually undermine his chances in Rome.
Residents said Friday's violence broke out as a funeral procession for a traditional leader passed through a Muslim area of Wukari town.
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Meanwhile Yahoo has been quietly amassing a basketful of credentials for being a leader in the field.
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There's only enough room at Camp David, nestled amid the Maryland mountains, for a cabin for every leader, and they'll meet around a dining room table.
For example, maybe a group wants to buy a present for the leader of a group, and split the costs?
Unlike the now much-faded GreyBerrys from Canada which clearly mark a jaded man or woman, iPad not only marks a man or woman of distinction, but a very hip hot smart up-to-the-second executive material with a keen taste for originality, clearly a leader not a follower, and heaven forbid, not a sponsor for clones like the upcoming PlayBook, or Xoom, LePad, etc.
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Without a strong internal candidate, however, they are looking outside their ranks for a new leader.
Now Gilt Groupe is looking for a new leader to replace co-founder Kevin Ryan.
Today marks the first official visit and State Dinner for a European leader during my presidency.
While this ended a long awaited search for a new leader, it did not excite the market.
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Choosing a candidate therefore requires thoughtfulness about what experiences provide the best training for a good leader.
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