Garrett Graff: Great leaders are scarce – how can we keep finding them?

The basic ingredients of being a good leader are the same as before, but the tool kit required to be successful is different now. Photo: Getty

Garrett Graff
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The 21st century is something of a hard-luck story about how difficult it is to lead. We see it in the United States and across the world.

The US is in a pessimistic moment, deeply dissatisfied with its choices in an election year and divided about virtually everything.