In summary, we need people who are able to create the vision, embrace and communicate it with others, and also enact it through personal management at every level of the organization. In order to translate macro ideas into micro realities, we need workforce where every member is self-appointed leader-manager-follower, capable of recreating the vision within the context of the job. We need role models for followers that assist in sustaining culture (Schein, 1986) conducive to supporting the expressed vision of the organization Ultimately, since all organizational members must step forward and carry the corporate banner in an effort to progress past mere survival and existence, we must train ourselves to view leadership as an employee role, rather than relegating this concept solely to the domain of managers
But can anyone become a leader and if so, how? We suggest that the answer is yes and that the secret to leadership is the ability to create a highly motivating work environment that infects anyone who comes into contact with it. In the next section, we will discuss how to do this