Vice President of People, CEVA INC
On Leadership | Dana Maor
What does it take to lead effectively when complexity is the norm? On this episode of FranklinCovey's On Leadership, Dana Maor, ...
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Dana Maor, Vice President of People at Ceva, appeared on the FranklinCovey podcast *On Leadership* in May 2025. During the episode, she discussed the changing nature of leadership, stating that the traditional model of a leader having all the answers is no longer viable in a rapidly changing world. She argued that no single person can possess all the answers when everything is changing quickly and the skills one grew up with may no longer be relevant. Maor identified humility, the ability to listen, and the capacity to bring diverse voices together to make decisions as the most important traits for a leader. She added that curiosity and a willingness to accept that one may not have the answer are also crucial.
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In the traditional or older perception of leadership, one might think that the only way you can assume the CEO or the leader's role in whatever organization that might be is by having all the answers. It used to be that if you are an expert in one field or another, then you can tell others what to do, and it was assumed that the role is telling others what to do, which might have worked in a different world, but in today's world that's very difficult. Nobody can have all the answers when everything is changing so quickly, when you're trying to have impact at scale, when it is not obvious that the skills that you grew up with are the skills that are relevant going forward. And so humility, ability to listen, ability to bring all these voices together and making a decision. It doesn't mean that you're not confident or unable to make a decision, but it is probably the most important trait that a leader should have. The curiosity, the understanding that one has to start by willing to accept that maybe they don't have the answer is probably one of the most important things.