If you're only a leader at your job, you're not going to be much of a leader. You can lead in to the status quo, but if you change that slightly, you can have large repercussions down the road. A small range of influence can still have an affect. Start creating now. What you do now, the relationships you build now will help grow the person you're going to be five years from now.
Failure can be a great foundation.
Influence is built on trust. There needs to be a wholeness of being. What you believe, what you think, and what you do needs to be in line. A lack of wholeness eliminates trust. And trust builds influence.