Provactive managment guru Tom Peters offers his insightful rant on Leadership:

Leadership is... Joyous!

It's a matchless opportunity to Make a Difference by marshaling the talents of others to a... Seriously Cool Cause.

Leadership is... Horrible!

It's an exercise in sorting through the mess of human relations, in all their gory detail, day after day. (After day).

Leadership is... Cool!

It's a Glorious Adventure that enables us to magnify our impact on the world.

Leadership is... Lonely!

It's a battle against doubt and dread in which you have only your own judgment about human nature to fall back on.

Leadership is... Different!

It's a matter not of "doing" excellence but of "inspiring" excellence in others.

Leadership is... The Ultimate Responsibility!

It's an assumption of accountability... for people you cannot control, for actions that you do not perform, for institutions that may not share your deep and abiding sense of accountability.

Excerpted from Tom Peters' book Leadership

Tom accurately describes the roller coaster ride of leadership. In essence, leadership is not only helping people be at their best - but also dealing with them when they are at their worst.

Keep Tom's words of wisdom in mind as you too seek to marshal the talents of your team to a "Seriously Cool Cause."