Originally Posted by
raj
Leadership is about finding vision/ problems worth solving gettign people/ teams excited about that vision and then getting them done with a team. Dress shouldn't be your worry. I went to perhaps the most selective schools for both undergrad and grad school, have worked at the forefront of "high tech" through out my career and at every stage have usually been the youngest person to have reached that stage in the company/ profession... I have never owned a suit and never worn one whether for job interviews, giving keynotes at major conferences, presenting papers, business whatever.
One should dress individually. Suits make one look like sheep trying to blend in. If you have your individual flair and want to wear suits for that fine, but suits just to blend in seem bizarre. I have atended numerous "leadership" events, national engineering societies etc and no one ever panned me about dress.