Leadership is about creating success that is both sustainable and enduring. We all know that a good leader should be able to create a vision, build great teams, and overcome adverse circumstances. But to create success that is enduring, the one factor that is indispensable is the leader's ability to organise and lead his team to victory time and again.

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A leader is judged by his ability to build and direct organisational energy-the kinetic force that is released when the leader unleashes the latent potential in his people. The greatness of a leader lies not in creating the perfect team but in deriving perfection from his or her team in a manner that is relevant to the situation. To put it simply, 80 per cent of the people in any organisation are in the average zone with few who are either exceptionally good or poor performers. So, if each leader has a more or less similar set of competencies to contend with, the difference lies in what he or she makes of them. The analogy that comes to mind is that of weavers who can, with same yarn, produce totally different tapestry. A successful leader creates the most beautiful design for his organisation by placing the right person in the right job at the right time. This puts the responsibility for the success or failure of the organisation squarely with the leader-on his ability to assess competencies, to weave together the needs of team members with diverse personalities, and to create an environment that induces people to aim higher all the time.

This is definitely easier said than done and easier done than done effectively. The reality is that there's no prescribed recipe for a leader to follow. All one needs to do is to make optimal use of the resources at hand.