Stakeholder dialogues will propel you to the next step, designing experiments that will benefit not just you but all the important people in your life. This is, after all, the leadership challenge: to choose a meaningful direction, based on knowing yourself and your people, and then to gain commitment to its vigorous pursuit.

Stewart D. Friedman (2014). Total leadership: Be a better leader, have a richer life. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Publishing, p. 98.