leadership...

was commenting some issues with sk yesterday. my final conclusion is, overall, if a team is weak, there is little a leader can do........ surprisingly, sk disagreed strongly. she said she has seen it at her workplace (she worked there for 30 years!). how good leaders when thrown to take charge of a 'louzy' team, could listen and motivate each to rise to his best and turn round to profit. Thats what leadership is about, she says. ...........that is what team spirit is about.... if u are a true team player, u understand that..... sk is far from being an intellect or an academic. But she has survived 8 retrenchments and is prob the longest serving staff in her organisation. Given the nature of her organisation, she has definitely seen very strong corporate leadership. This is the talk of experience. I listened. I believe her. Unfortunately, how rare are such leaders. How rare in itself are true listeners...listening with reflection....