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Can we quit calling everything leadership already?

Can we quit calling everything leadership already? It’s leadership to get up early and get started on the day. It’s leadership when you read more books. It’s leadership when you speak out against the comfortable consensus at work. It’s leadership when you save your money instead of spending it. Nope. It’s not that these things aren’t necessarily great because they are. They might be traits among a number of leaders, but they aren’t the art and craft of leadership. When everything becomes leadership, then nothing actually is. So, we should define it much more narrowly. Leadership is moving people to action on a mission. It is the sum total of the leader’s acts that are intentionally designed to get other people moving on a mission. Moving physically. Moving mentally. It’s about beating Newtonian mechanics. “An object at rest tends to remain at rest unless acted upon…” Many of us tend to remain at “rest” until we are acted upon. The job of a leader is the manifestation of a mission via others. Just sayin’… 

by Jonathan

Jonathan Wilson is the CEO of Sandcastle, a leadership training and development consultancy. He frequently speaks and writes about building high performance teams. Jonathan regularly presents his latest findings and insights to business and government leaders at local, state, and national association events (both in-person and virtual). His first book, Future Leader: Rebooting Leadership to Win the Millennial and Tech Future is available now.

Tagged: Leadership

Published on: January 21, 2019

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