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Leadership Is More Than Just Kicking A Ball
Leadership is not just an individual skill; it’s a social and relational process that drives success when teams align around a shared purpose.
“As a leader people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.” Pat Summitt
And there’s certainly more to leadership than kicking a ball. Some would argue that it’s really about getting the midfield right, and it’s about enabling and compelling those you lead to go further, faster, cross the line and deliver. Nothing pseudo, mysterious, or complicated, and nothing more or less.
Also, it’s not about your position, being at the top of the pyramid or out in front leading the charge. It’s actually about being at the centre, holding that space and remaining there come what may. Whilst playing the long game with an authentic kindness that permits others to find where they fit and rolling the pitch for them to run onto.
That’s a view, but does it hold true across the entire leadership spectrum? If leadership is nothing else it has to be the right kind for the context and situation, and it needs a leader to show up in the right headspace and with the right heart space.
