A leader's vision and pace set the ceiling for their whole team. Like the lead dog in a sled team, followers can't run faster or farther than the person in front, whether you're parenting or managing.
Inside my house, one of the principles that we have that we talk about all the time with our kids is we call it the lead dog principle. And the lead dog principle is this, is that when you understand how dog sled racing takes place, there's only one dog that's at the lead of that pack, and that pack never goes any faster than the lead dog goes. And so one of the things that I'm aware of is that if you're in a leadership role, the people that follow you are never going to go any faster than what you lead them. They're never going to go any further than the vision that you cast.
