4. Leadership is Not Outcome-Specific
We can agree that my pick-up basketball team definitely had leadership…Mr. Hot Hand. And my team won the game.
But what if we lost? Was there still leadership present? Of course! For leadership is not outcome-specific. Losing the game does not negate the fact that leadership was present and that Mr. Hot Hands was the one providing it.
5. Leadership is Not Purpose-Specific
I used this pick-up basketball example to explain what leadership is NOT. But it should be obvious that leadership is not limited to just a basketball team. Leadership is not purpose-specific. It does not matter whether it is a game of pickup basketball, a corporate organization, a personal trainer, a street gang, your marriage, or your relationship with your fiancée, leadership exist whenever there is:
1) a group,
2) a purpose or a common goal to accomplish, and
3) different roles and responsibilities that lead towards accomplishing that purpose or common goal.
As long as there exist these three elements, leadership will always be present…no matter what the purpose of the organization is.
Share your thoughts on the 5 things leadership is not.
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