What makes a good leader?

A good leader is a person who ( at first ) successfuly leads himself. You are right Debra. There are people with visions, they learn how to emotionaly inspire people, most of them are motivational experts, but they don´t control themselves, they don˙t lead themselves.
How can they lead other people? How can the one who is half blind help to blind people to see?

A good leader leads people in the right direction. Keeping a close watch that they don't lose anyone along the way. Supports and encourages all the time.

A good leader practices mindfulness - This is the art of being mindful in the moment instead of allowing distractions to clutter our thoughts. Learn how to first lead yourself and you will learn how to become a good leader.

Strength without cruelty, intelligence, understanding. Fairness and logic

In one word, it is vision. Vision is seeing the very far distance as if it is very close to you and doing all you can to make it real. Leaders with vision make a difference wherever they are. They inspire their followers to overachieve even to their surprise.

Can you identify a leader with vision?