Conclusion
Is It Better to Lead Than Command?
Over the course of these pages, we have seen how leadership is practiced from the self, from who we are. If you live it from a place of awareness, it can become a path of personal growth, both when it is practiced and when it is lost. Leadership is a difficult and rare skill. Organizations should consider it an endangered species, supporting its growth and prohibiting its extinction. This species’ natural habitat is very subtle: It’s that delicate, razor-thin line that exists between self-leadership and the impact it has on others. To inhabit that space for a while is like getting a master’s in human nature.
We now also know that leadership is not a quality that only certain individuals possess. Instead, ...
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