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I’m blogging from beautiful Toronto, where I’m taking part in the ASAE & The Center Invitational Forum on Leadership and Management. It’s the first time I’ve attended, and so far, it’s definitely exceeding my expectations.

Our first speaker this morning was Bill George, author of True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. He had so much to say that resonated with me that I’m splitting it into more than one post. Here’s the first one:

“My academic colleagues who think leadership is about people at the top are just wrong,” George said. Leadership, in his mind, occurs at all levels, and if your organization isn’t offering leadership opportunities for everyone, regardless of title, you’ve got a serious problem. He argued that we should all measure ourselves on whether we have built up the human capital of our organizations, through development and growth opportunities for all staff; in fact, he said, “if you want the best people, that’s the only way you’re going to get them.”

So: If you were to measure yourself on whether you have built up the human capital in your association, where would you fall on the yardstick?