Leadership

The simple designation of a title or position does not make one a leader.  We are surrounded by great leaders without formal titles and there are plenty of titled position holders who are poor leaders.  Leadership takes work.  It requires intentionality.  Leaders consider others and the greater good; they are encouraging and motivational.  These are skills that are developed and nurtured.  They do not automatically come with a title.  Think about the people that you want to follow.  Do you want to follow them because of their title or formal role?  Probably not.  More likely, you are drawn to them due to some of the traits mentioned above.  It is sometimes hard to describe, but there is something about good leaders that make us want to follow them.  There are not leaders without followers, but there are leaders without titles.

Leadership is not a designated position; it's a
phenomenon. It is people following people because
they want to, not because they have to.
--Larry Wilson