IDG Contributor Network: 6 meta-leadership skills for IT and technical professionals

When we think of the skills it takes to lead today and make strategies a reality, we usually think of relational skills such as communication, influencing, motivation, political awareness, negotiation, conflict management, critical thinking and cultural awareness, along with general leadership and management skills. But are we missing the forest for the trees?
These relational skills have been taught in corporate education programs for decades and have recently been modernized using ingenious a