Effective leaders are visionaries who take people towards a destination.
This requires taking a risk to move toward what they envision. Critics will rise and attempt to stop or impede any forward movement.
Critics come from 2 camps. First camp: most critics that emerge have no authority or jurisdiction to make any judgments at all; or cannot offer viable solutions. (Opinions are not necessarily solutions.) As these people have no responsibility to make something succeed, leaders must shut out this avenue of criticism. 2nd camp: Peers or ‘wannabes’. A leader should ask, “Is their criticism based on a truth? Does it stem from jealously or do they want to exert control over people?”