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What is leadership?

I have been fortunate to be in a leadership or management position since I have been 20, and 19 years later, a lot  of things have changed. We have moved from a management approach to running a business to leadership, which is all the hype today. And for a good reason, and tongue in cheek, for the better. So what is leadership? Leadership can be hard to define and it means different things to different people. Leaders help themselves and others to do the right things. They set direction, build an inspiring vision, and create something new. Leadership is about mapping out where you need to go to "win" as a team or an organisation; and it is (should be) dynamic, exciting, and inspiring. Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right. – Professor Warren G. Bennis Instead of listing the differences between a manager/boss and a leader, I will focus more on helping you define what kind of leader you want to be, how to ge...