In his 2013 Forbes article, “What is Leadership?,” Kevin Kruse attempts to define the subject by first analyzing what leadership is not, or more accurately, how individuals and organizations have mis-defined it.
Kruse debunks a few traits that many of us have come to accept as qualities of good leadership. He says that leadership is not about seniority, title or position. Simply meaning that reaching the level of manager or executive does not guarantee the qualities of a good leader.