{"id":7219,"date":"2026-05-06T16:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/the-best-leaders-embrace-the-role-of-supporting-character\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:50:16","slug":"the-best-leaders-embrace-the-role-of-supporting-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/es\/the-best-leaders-embrace-the-role-of-supporting-character\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Leaders Embrace the Role of Supporting Character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-module-scss-module__UwInRW__text\" data-first-paragraph=\"true\">In 2024, Y Combinator\u2019s Paul Graham <a href=\"https:\/\/paulgraham.com\/foundermode.html\" class=\"ContentLink-module-scss-module__qKDjGa__anchor\">wrote<\/a> that Silicon Valley leaders must directly impose their vision on employees\u2014a style of leadership he called \u201cfounder mode.\u201d His essay attracted 20 million views on social media and launched dozens of think pieces (<a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2024\/10\/the-strengths-and-weaknesses-that-set-founders-apart\" class=\"ContentLink-module-scss-module__qKDjGa__anchor\">including at HBR<\/a>).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v19.2&amp;appId=1761258887507575&amp;xfbml=false&amp;status=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#Leaders #Embrace #Role #Supporting #Character<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2024, Y Combinator\u2019s Paul Graham wrote that Silicon Valley leaders must directly impose their vision on employees\u2014a style of leadership he called \u201cfounder mode.\u201d His essay attracted 20 million views on social media and launched dozens of think pieces (including at HBR). #Leaders #Embrace #Role #Supporting #Character<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best Leaders Embrace the Role of Supporting Character - MORE SOURCING LTD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The rise of \u201cfounder mode\u201d and \u201cmain-character energy\u201d as approaches to leadership has pushed many executives toward self-centered, top-down styles that research shows are deeply counterproductive\u2014eroding trust, stifling performance, and ultimately leaving leaders themselves less engaged and fulfilled. 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