Good leadership “is about listening,” warns business school professor Pablo Foncillas. “When you are 25 or 30 years old you think that being a boss is about commanding and when you are 50 you realize that above all it is about listening,” he says. A skill that can be trained and applied to other facets of life.
“Active listening is that essential preparation, that tool that turns inhospitable soil into fertile ground, ready to receive and nourish our words,” he argues. In this sense, he advises listening to the wisdom of the iconic Peter Drucker and his masterful analysis on executive leadership, in which he recommends listening first and then speaking.
The most important management thinker of the 20th century has been a source of inspiration to create Masters of the Game, a book in which Pablo Foncillas and Jorge González outline the key rules that every professional must keep in mind to make the right decisions in their business.
