What is a Leader?

I recently attended a two day class on leadership skills. At this class they encouraged us to come up with our own definition of a leader. Sounds easy right? Well I have no idea what my definition is so I'm writing this paper to try to coax it out of me. I do my best thinking with a pen in my hand or a keyboard at my fingertips.
I think in order to be an effective leader you really do have to have a good and honest understanding of who you are, what you know, what you need to know, and what you can and can't do. In order to get people to trust and follow your lead, you have to first gain their trust. You have to actually BE what you want you want your team to be or accomplish.
Right now you're probably wondering what this is all about right? Well, I'm an alcoholic. I haven't had a drink in over two years now, and I'm a manager at a fast food restaurant. You ask how any of this is related to leadership or alcoholism? Well I believe that it very well is a......

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Title: The Alcoholic Leader
Approximate Word Count: 2670
Approximate Pages: 11 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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