Who am I to lead?
This was a question someone asked me this week, and I suspect it’s one many of us ask ourselves. For many of us, the word “leader” implies some sort of hierarchy, and if you don’t see yourself at the “top”, telling people what to do, it can feel as though leadership belongs to someone else. I certainly remember feeling like this many times in my life: As a young analyst in management consulting, thinking I was too junior and inexperienced to take the lead. When I first stepped into the world…