I had read Donham's chapter on Leadership last week and was struck by his thought (Donham, 2005, p302) that 'Another aspect of strategic leadership is opportunism. A strategic leader is in a state of readiness -ready to seize opportunities as they arise.' Just by chance today, driving back from the Botanical Gardens I was listening to an interview on the BBC and the interviewee quoted Louis Pasteur as having said, "In the field of observation, chance favours the prepared mind."
I also feel being optimistic and positive is important as it is those qualities which make you more likely to take advantage of opportunistic situations that arise.
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