What does this quote exactly say? Leadership is an activity; it is something that you do and it is a choice to do so. Leadership is also an art, not a science – there is not one blueprint for good leadership. Leadership is about engaging people and giving people the space to lead and to take responsibility for their own work. Furthermore leadership is “ego less”; it is aimed at doing work for a purpose beyond self – from ‘what is in it for me’, to ‘what is in it for us’.