What it means to be a good leader is rapidly evolving. The flow of information inside companies is traveling faster than ever before, and arriving at a more dispersed workplace. A more social-media-driven society is also changing how big businesses are viewed and how the leaders atop these companies should lead. That is in addition to businesses becoming more global in nature, bringing with it a unique set of challenges for the C-suite.

Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi sits down with former AT&T (T) Business CEO Anne Chow. Chow — who spent 32 years at AT&T — currently sits on the boards of railroad giant CSX (CSX) and industrial powerhouse 3M (MMM). The two discuss the future of leadership, the presidential election, and how one should reconsider views on retirement.