A piece of paper actually becomes a famous fighter-plane, Dog-Fighter. For real. No joke. Prepare for takeoff….
Rather than label leadership as skill or talent, let’s call leadership our behaviors. Dreaming is a behavior all children are born with. Kids can stretch out their arms, run around in a room, and actually feel like they are flying. Remember?
So, the next building block behavior is dreaming. Dreaming? Seriously? A leadership skill? Downplay this and your mail will go straight to the Mediocrity-ville post office.
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Jeff,
You hit on a big difference between the function of leadership and the function of management. Great managers are supposed to be wonderful at making sure the tasks are done – the day-to-day functions. But great leaders are often considered to be great because they have a wonderful one-two punch of being able to dream or have a vision along with the ability to convey and influence others to “catch the dream.”
The best illustration I can see of this is a quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who stated, “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
Bob
Bob, brilliant example of engaging people’s emotions being more powerful than engaging their intellect.