They make decisions. Every leader is judged by their decisions, but hard skills, soft skills, communication skills and the ability to motivate and inspire are all important.
When to stay silent and when to speak out.
Steve Kerr made that decision again. Kerr didn't take questions when he sat down for the press conference.
I think it is only fair to include this in entirety.
I'm not going to talk about basketball. Nothing's happened with our team in the last six hours. We're going to start the same way tonight. Any basketball questions don't matter.
Since we left (practice), 14 children were killed 400 miles from here, and a teacher. In the last 10 days we've had elderly Black people killed in a supermarket in Buffalo. We've had Asian churchgoers killed in Southern California. Now we have children murdered at school.
When are we going to do something? I'm tired. I'm so tired of getting up here and offering condolences to the devastated families that are out there. I'm tired of the moments of silence. Enough.
There are 50 Senators right now who refuse to vote on HR8, which is a background check rule that the House passed a couple years ago. It's been sitting there for two years. There's a reason they won't vote on it: To hold on to power.
I ask you, Mitch McConnell, all of you Senators who refuse to do anything about the violence, school shootings, supermarket shootings, I ask you: Are you going to put your own desire for power ahead of the lives of our children and our elderly and our churchgoers? Because that's what it looks like. That's what we do every week.
So I'm fed up. I've had enough. We're going to play the game tonight. But I want every person here, every person listening to this, to think about your own child or grandchild, mother or father, sister, brother. How would you feel if this happened to you today? We can't get numb to this. We can't sit here and just read about it and go, well, let's have a moment of silence. "Go Dubs." "C'mon, Mavs, let's go."
That's what we're going to do. We're going to go play a basketball game.
Fifty Senators in Washington are going to hold us hostage. Do you realize that 90 percent of Americans, regardless of political party, want background checks, universal background checks? Ninety percent of us. We are being held hostage by 50 Senators in Washington who refuse to even put it to a vote, despite what we the American people want.
They won't vote on it because they want to hold onto their own power. It's pathetic.
I've had enough.
Kerr is justified in his frustration. As a public figure, he is often asked to comment on issues unrelated to basketball. Even if he isn't asked, neglecting to offer the customary thoughts and prayers could cause some to assume he's insensitive or uncaring.
That is clearly not the case. Kerr shares his views on social issues. His father, a university president, was killed by gunfire in 1984 in Lebanon.
Kerr definitely cares.
I don't care if I agree with Kerr. He has the right to his opinions. He has a right to speak his mind.
He has the right to share his opinions as a leader.
Like many people, leaders try to stand out in superficial ways. They may wear unusual clothing. Unusual interests should be pursued. Support popular initiatives.
They choose relatively easy ways to stand out.
Great leaders? They take unpopular steps because they want to do the right thing. They are willing to step outside business in order to make things better.
They take risks for the sake of the reward they believe is possible.
They inspire others to take a risk to achieve what they believe is possible.
People want to work for that kind of boss.
What is the most important decision you make? It could be that you are the kind of leader who says what you believe. Not for praise, not for glory, not for branding or public perception, but because it is what you believe.
You are willing to stand behind those beliefs.
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