Leadership is a SERVING relationship with OTHERS that inspires THEIR growth and makes the world a better place

Good leadership isn't about what you say but what you do.

Leadership is communicating to people their worth and potential so clearly that they are inspired to see it in themselves.

Leadership is an ability to have a great vision for the future and the ability to inspire others to follow.

Thought leadership is when a leader's thoughts are being used by leaders to lead others.

“We've been excited about Ryan and he constantly shows up. We've got some great leadership in Jeff Gooch and we expect Ryan to go shoulder to shoulder with Jeff this year and give us great leadership.”

Contrary to popular opinion, leadership is not a reserved position for a particular group of people who were elected or appointed, ordained or enthroned. Leadership is self-made, self-retained, self-inculcated and then exposed through a faithful, sincere and examplary life.

Take for instance, a society where the prevailing value system is that you only go into politics and leadership to serve and not to make money. In such a nation, people know that those who go into politics and leadership come out of it poorer than they went in.

Too many talk about a company's leadership, referring to the senior most executives in the organization. They are just that: senior executives. Leadership doesn't automatically happen when you reach a certain pay grade. Hopefully you find it there, but there are no guarantees.

The most dangerous leadership myth is that leaders are born-that there is a genetic factor to leadership. This myth asserts that people simply either have certain charismatic qualities or not. That's nonsense; in fact, the opposite is true. Leaders are made rather than born.