Recently I ran a brief workshop during a weekly meeting of my Master Networks chapter. I pretty much have carte blanche during these trainings, so I try to change it up quite a bit. This time, I took a different approach altogether and, instead of presenting ideas or leading a discussion, I turned it into a controlled brainstorming session. I asked the twenty-plus people in the Zoom room, “what is a leader?”

The response was excellent with almost everyone able to contribute a word, phrase, thought, or definition in the ten minutes we had to complete this training. Later I shared a written synopsis with the participants. In it, I formulated a definition of a leader based on our brainstorming:

A leader is someone who guides others while serving alongside them, nurturing them, and focusing on self-improvement for themself and the entire team.

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