The ideal leader while recalling from my flawed and slow memory build-up to recall it again- the ideal leader knows how to work it girl! No, just kidding okay it might be true but the technical terms are that - the ideal leader has strong intellect, physical presence, professional competence, strong moral character, and acts as a role model.
I seem to forget about professional competence a lot because I probably don't have any most of the time. Anyhow, the best way to develop into a strong leader is to have self-awareness and adaptability. My buddy is all like even though he's paranoid, he has all the self-awareness he needs, but becoming adaptable is tough! I can feel for my paranoid buddy.