Everybody has a moment where they put into action all they've practiced, where they step up to a challenge and either succeed or fail.

But what are those moments for some of the world's most influential leaders?

It was a rough and humble world and I thought, okay, I can rise up, I can play this game, and I did play the game.

It was great and it was depressing and it was disappointing.

My chair at the time sat down with me and said, succession starts now.

I'm Francine Lacqua, an award-winning journalist.

For the last 25 years, I've interviewed world leaders, bank bosses, even fashion icons.

I'm often asking about the news of the moment.

But I've always been curious who are these people as leaders? Join me for the podcast's version

of Leaders with Francine Lacqua. I'll start your week with conversations that explore what drives

the world's most influential people, how today's leaders got to where they are, where they're

going next, and how they've transformed their organization in the process.

Make decisions. A poor decision is always better than no decision.

You have to have truth tellers around you, and you have to be willing to listen.

You don't want to be setting strategy in the middle of a transaction, that's for sure.

Do it for the right reasons.

Don't do it because of FOMO.

We'll also learn lessons which we can apply to our work and daily lives.

So tune in to the podcast version of Leaders with Francie Laqua.

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