At its core, leadership is primarily a function of influencing people to move towards a common goal. It involves articulating a vision, establishing a direction and motivating people to move towards that preferred future.
It sounds simple when I put it like that, except, influence--and by extension, leadership--is mostly a function of relationships. And relationships, as you surely know, can be tricky.
That's because relationships involve people and people are anything but simple. People are complicated. People are nuanced.
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