Synergies

We learn to put emphasis on pragmatic results here in the United States. Our businesses and our homes are all defined and measured by the results we garner. But we know down deep that there is more to life than results, profits, or statistics. There are relationships. There are emotions. There is passion and the components of success that aren't quite so easy to define.

What then does a leader do?

Some have suggested that a leader is one who helps define and measure success. While conversing with a friend yesterday it was suggested that this description more aptly describes a manager, but not necessarily a leader.

A leader has to be more. A leader has to have that special edge, to see emotive success. A leader has to be able to read more than financial statitics to arbitrate success or failure. A leader projects a vision and then challenges everytone around him/herself to drive to that vision, but statistics may not even enter into that vision, at least not in the big picture.

What is a leader?