Leadership is not about title, status, or self-glorification. Leadership is not about the tiring and endless intrigue of who is in and who is out; of who is up and who is down. Leadership is not about the social gymnastics of office politics and the ceaseless Machievelian pursuit of power, position, and personal privilege.
A leader is anyone who sees the potential of other people, sees their pain and their promise, and knows how to communicate an inspirational and influential message to actualize that potential. Influential Leadership shows that the leaders with the greatest impact in the world all act and speak the same way - and it's the opposite of what everyone else does.