I know many people at the senior levels of organizations who are absolutely not leaders

I spent an hour on YouTube watching a bunch of old Ted videos and Simon’s video showed up as a reminder :)

An excellent lesson by Simon Sinek on hashtag#leadership

Simon words:

Leadership is a choice. It is not a rank. I know many people at the senior levels of organizations who are absolutely not leaders. They are authorities, and we do what they say because they have authority over us, but we would not follow them.

And I know many people who are at the bottom of organizations who have no authority and they are absolutely leaders, and this is because they have chosen to look after the person to the left of them, and they have chosen to look after the person to the right of them. This is what a leader is.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/neerajsabharwal_leadership-activity-7159223546823512065-JqLT/

https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_why_good_leaders_make_you_feel_safe/transcript