And, if one could accept the premises, the logic holds. Today, I have found myself many a time in the throes of such mental gyrations. All leaders cut costs. Our CEO really cuts costs. Therefore, our CEO is a leader.
All leaders generate profits.
Our CEO has achieved record profits. Therefore, our CEO is a leader. We seem to have stooped to a lowest common denominator of leadership, one in which a prime minister, a chief executive officer, and a mafia don can all measure up. One could, of course, just keep going on and on about the different tracts on leadership, past and present. The essence of the leader-follower relation is the interaction of persons with different levels of motivations and of power potential, including skill, in pursuit of a common or at least joint purpose.