It brought together 700 global leaders and IBM partners and employees, shining a light on leadership as a function that demands active, high-quality forward thinking.

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We debate leadership as if it is a function like conducting or driving when in fact it is a dispersed cerebral act that needs to find adherents, co-advocates, friends around the web.

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In my blog about the keys to sales leadership, I noted that visionary leadership is particularly important in the sales function.

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