Harold, in a strange piece of synchronicity your blog entry about leadership as a cultural and group rather than individual property very much echoes a recent blog from Kenneth Fee. http://learnforeverblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/im-spartacus.html. It seems there is a growing understanding that the great man leadership made possible by the hierarchies of the past is more difficult to maintain today and may not even be optimal. To paraphrase you – great leadership is about knowing when to let go.