Hey Jane,

Great post. What's the old cliche? A leader without followers is simply someone taking a walk. Genuine leadership has always been about moving people from where they are to where they could be. By design that process is collaborative and cooperative. If you want to lead you have to meet people where they are, connect with their interests, speak their language, engage their culture and ignite their imagination. In the end a 'leader' alone isnt really leading. It takes a group to identify a leader. Today's social media is the meeting place for the masses. The things that draw a leader out of a crowd in 'real life' are the same things that draw them out online. A visionary idea from a passionate, committed and capable person will attract the attention of others and ultimately set a group on it's course under the guidance of a leader the group has learned to trusts. In the end that is both me and we. The goal isn't narcissism or altruism. The goal is to fulfill the vision and stretch everyone involved beyond anything they could have ever accomplished on their own.