No one person has all the answers. There used to be a time when things were simpler and people looked to a leader who had known the answer to every challenge or difficulty or question and knew what direction to take and how to direct their followers to do it.

These days, leadership has taken on a different quality: It is collaborative. It is the ability to unite others with a common idea and the capacity to draw from them their skills and abilities in such a way that they will contribute to the creation of a common goal.

In order to lead effectively, it is crucial to understand that leadership is a project in the co-creation of the future. The projects and ideas that people help co-create, they are going to help support. It’s that simple, because they have a stake in the outcome. They’ll support it with their energy, their time and their talent, beyond if they were simply being told how to do something.