Steve, thanks so much for your encouragement!  I, too, agree that there can be bad leaders at the top, just as much as there could be great leaders not even close to the top.

To the point of so many comments here, I don't think someone should get a position without skills, ability or at least potential.  Those things, though, can be found in many places and in no way should someone be disqualified because they don't have people reporting to them.  They can, indeed, lead in other ways!