subject: Top 5 Leadership Lessons [print this page] To lead is to guideTo lead is to guide. You cannot guide or direct anyone if you are doing it all yourself. Here is a Webster's Dictionary definition of lead: "To go with or ahead of so as to show the way". If you do not have a clear vision or way, then you cannot lead. If you are not willing to walk alongside or ahead of your team members, then you cannot lead them.
