--- title: Do you agree that the 2020s demands realistic and infectiously optimistic leaders? description: Do you agree that the 2020s demand realistic and infectiously optimistic leadership? image: https://www.centreforoptimism.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-19%20at%206.06.36%20pm.png --- ###### [Check out Our latest insights on Optimism](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog) [![Centre for Optimism_Logo](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/hubfs/Centre%20for%20Optimism_Logo.svg)](https://www.centreforoptimism.com?hsLang=en) - [Home](https://www.centreforoptimism.com) - [Subscribe](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/subscribe) - [Why Optimism?](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/whyoptimism) - [What is Optimism?](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/whatisoptimism) - [The Optimism Principle](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/theoptimismprinciple) - [Need Optimism?](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/services-and-workshops) - [The Optimism Workshop](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/workshop) - [Victor Perton - That Optimism Man](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/victorperton) - [Magnetic Optimism for Organisations](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/magnetic-optimism-workshops) ![Close Icon (3)](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/hubfs/Close%20Icon%20(3).svg) ![Search (2)](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/hubfs/Search%20(2).svg) ###### [Leadership](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/tag/leadership) , ###### [Australian Leadership](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/blog/tag/australian-leadership) # Do you agree that the 2020s demands realistic and infectiously optimistic leaders? Before the pandemic, three-year [Australian Leadership Project](https://www.centreforoptimism.com/australianleadershipproject?hsLang=en) research concluded that there was a combination of 3 qualities of leadership that distinguished the typical good Australian leader - egalitarianism, self-effacing humour and plain speaking.  Emerging from the pandemic and fear, we know people want optimism and hope.  What do they want of their leaders? Commencing November 2021, we sought to update our research with Australians having endured almost two years of the COVIOD pandemic.  We started with a web survey, "[What's Good Australian Leadership in the 2020s](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/newCFOwebsite)[?](https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/aussieleadership)" The Questions we asked were: - What do Australians want of their leaders or bosses? - Who have been the leaders in your life's journey? 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