Leaders bring parts into a working order, and derive as whole what is otherwise individual. It is what internal and external customers seek to find in you: A leader who can bring it all together, a choreographer of immense talent, talent that would be wasted if not aligned, integrated, and chorused.

Your calling in this regard is unmistakable. Your influence in this becomes unforgettable.

Your employees want three things from you:

1. Know me. Recognize what I bring. Pull out of me the potential you see.
2. Need me. Show me how I fit into the whole, how my contribution moves to serve the greater whole.
3. Measure me. I need to see that I am growing, and that you are investing in me toward valued return.

Accomplish these, and you will defeat the insidious selfishness that tears at a whole, and you will weave into the fabric of your company culture the necessity of growing together and staying together.