leader, leadership

Leap: Authenticity Leads the Way

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~ John Quincy Adams

Go into any bookstore and you will find not just an entire shelf but an entire section of books on leadership. Business schools offer dozens of courses on how to be a leader. Hell, there are people who get their PhD in leadership and spend their entire lives studying and analyzing the field! What makes a good leader? Are leaders made or born? Are there certain leaders that are best for certain times and certain situations? And the list of questions goes on and on…

Here’s what I think – John Quincy Adams wrote everything we ever need to know about leadership. When we live our lives with authenticity, we give others permission to do the same. The rest is commentary.