A common measure of Leadership success is the ability to generate great ideas that translate into relevant and effective policies. Sounds straightforward enough, no?

The difference is that a Leader isn’t trying to trade goods or services on the basis of “willing buyer, willing seller”. A Leader is looking to implement ideas that are certain to affect the lives of their constituents, potentially the lives of their constituents’ children as well as the generations that follow. Forget metaphors involving cheese moving hither and tither, policy implementation can become very uncomfortable for many constituents very quickly.