I’ve been doing a lot of thinking on how to define leadership lately. (There’s a new project in the works, but I am not ready to reveal it yet. But soon.)
Even after all of my reading and research the definition of what makes someone a great leader still is elusive.
Which is funny because I spent last week at a conference and one of the people that I met while at the conference remarked on my natural leadership ability. Which I thought was funny because I’ve always thought of leaders as guys like Pat Riley and Bill Clinton, not some guy that got lucky with a ticket brokering company and some entertainment ideas.
But that got me to thinking more deeply about the qualities of a leader:
When my conversation was continuing at the conference, I said, “The only thing I think I do is I try to understand people."
Which come to think of it is a very useful leadership quality, but not something that clearly defines a leader.
So I thought I would ask, are you a leader? What makes you a leader? How do you know? When did you figure it out?