What is leadership?

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Introduction
Leadership is a practice (action) of enabling others to fulfill their purpose in the face of challenge and uncertainty.

This definition is often used in world of “empowering” and “distributed leadership”.

People about leadership

 * Simon Sinek about leadership

Weak leadership is...

 * Protecting the status quo.

Strong leaderschip is...

 * Leadership that has a vision and creativity and, most importantly, has the ability to influence others to support them in the challenges of moving an organisation into unchartered territory. Good leadership is about taking ventures forward and finding new avenues where the business can evolve and prosper (source: article about leadership according to Richard Branson).
 * Facilitating an inclusive dialogue about complex subjects.
 * Leadership is providing space for people so they feel the freedom to experiment.
 * Leadership is also about creating a strategy with the people that are going to implement the strategy.