Table 3 Being a Leader - Why Do It?

For the chance to build something bigger and better

To help junior faculty succeed in their careers

To build highly-functioning and integrated teams to serve a multidisciplinary function

To figure out the future direction of the field and to be a part of those changes

To improve training for the medical students and residents – neurologists of the future!

Being a chair has taught me how fragile things can be, and how one individual can either make or break a team

Don’t hesitate to properly engage those individuals that drag the team down!

Everything is a compromise and it may take multiple attempts to get what you need

Some things are worth fighting for – for those less important, you just have to let go

It is about everyone else and much less about you – don’t do it if is about you – you will fail