I guess that the importance of leadership and related skills in the sciences has probably grown greatly in the last 100 years, but is still going to be regulated by the extent to which a person would need to lead a research team, engage in fundraising, etc. Motivation is always highly important, and so is creativity. The ideal industry or political leader would possess all of these traits plus high intelligence.

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