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Leaders and influencers who attract loyal and lasting followers are people who are trustworthy and transparent and not afraid to share information.

Personally, I need and expect access to information to help me make judgements. Before reaching a decision, I first make sure I am fully informed. Then I find it really easy to draw a conclusion. In the past, I've based most of my big decisions on gut feel, but that's changing now that so many people rely on my decision making. As my company has grown, more people have come to depend on me at work. Our children rely on my wife, Kate, and me to make informed decisions. So even though I still find it easy to make decisions, these decisions now need to be a lot more conscious. And I need influencers around me who will tell me the truth, provide me with all the facts and figures I need, and prioritise my needs and the needs of my colleagues or family over their own interests.

Decisions about who I'll employ and who I'll work with must be based on having all the relevant information about those people. If this means talking to others who know them, even meeting them with their family to see them in a different environment, then that's what I'll do in order to make a conscious choice.

This is the style of leader and influencer I have chosen to be: honest, open, transparent and inclusive. It's not always easy or comfortable to share information, but it's essential to inform.