<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-12325" alt="Screen Shot 2013-10-07 at 8.00.37 PM" src="http://leadchangegroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Screen-Shot-2013-10-07-at-8.00.37-PM-300x218.png" width="300" height="218" />I'd like you to consider an important question: Why?  Tal Shnall of the <a title="The Leadership Cafe blog" href="http://leadershipcafe.org/" target="_blank">Leadership Cafe</a> wrote a great post a while back titled <a title="Why do you want to be a leader? | The Leadership Cafe" href="http://leadershipcafe.org/2013/08/13/why-do-you-want-to-be-a-leader/" target="_blank">Why Do You Want To Be a Leader?</a>  He asks a number of questions in the post, like "Why do you want to help people?" and "What is the contribution you want to make?"  Tal's post is based on our common shared idea that leaders are measured by their contribution and we all generate our influence based on our who-we-are, or our character.  Check out <a title="Why do you want to be a leader? | The Leadership Cafe" href="http://leadershipcafe.org/2013/08/13/why-do-you-want-to-be-a-leader/" target="_blank">Tal's post</a> and be challenged.