Here are some tenets for good business and good design leadership from founder and CEO of the Brand Experience Consultancy, Ralph Ardill as posted on Business Week’s Innovation page.

Empathy & The Extra Mile
Falling at the last hurdle is such a common business failure. You just feel like you can’t give any more so you give up, just at the moment you should be sticking to your guns and ensuring that things don’t fall through the gaps. Managing to galvanize yourself and your colleagues to make it to the end of a project with head held high is critical. Inspirational leaders make that easier.

Excite & Evangelize
Keep the why alive. Because it can be easy to forget 6 months in, why you’re doing a project.

Success & Sharing
Because there’s no ‘i’ in “team”. And there’s no ‘i’ in “leader”, either.

Happy & Hungry
Projects have a happiness quotient. Positivity breeds productivity.

Inspiration & Ingenuity
Go and look for inspiration. And know when to say ‘no’, or you don’t know.