Thanks Stephan for the great feedback.  Your interpretation of the post is accurate, but a bit more literal than I originall intended.  The output of the team and the output of the organization are the higher priorities.  We all work to produce a team outcome.  The positional leader of that team needs to get their team to do the work necessary to produce the team's output.  I agree with that.

However a character-based leader is someone who doesn't let obstacles keep them from making a contribution.  They don't have to be the positional leader and they also don't have to make the end contribution.  They simply produce value for the team rather than simply draining energy and output from that same team.  A leader who's not in charge, creates value.  Their contribution matters.  That was the scope of the post and the original thought.

Thanks for extending the conversation.  Mike...