It’s always great to find someone who shares the same principles as you do, and that should explain why I had a renewed sense of appreciation for Sharjah Media City (Shams) Chairman Dr. Khalid Omar Al Midfa when he shared with me his personal philosophy for governing people at his enterprise. “My mantra is: ‘Don’t expect others to do a task that you would not be prepared to do yourself,’” Dr. Al Midfa says. “I think this is something that makes a leader stand out.”