[rvn1045]

The real problem is that we don’t have good examples of leaders. A lot of the examples we look for in terms of whom to emulate comes from the pop culture view of corporate America and startups. At a previous company I worked at far too many people were trying to behave like Steve Jobs and give that as an excuse for being an asshole.

[hodgesrm]

Some good examples, at least in my opinion:

* Jim Whitehurst (RedHat)

* Andy Grove (Intel)

* David Packard and Bill Hewlett (HP)

There are many more but they don't tend to show up in the news. They are people you meet or work for.

[535188B17C93743]

I think Bob Iger is also a really great example. Maybe not "super shy," but he's definitely pretty introverted. It's really interesting watching interviews with him.