A leader on and off the “field”

Good leadership is inspirational and good leaders need to be involved in order to inspire. A recent experience I had really brought home to me the importance of leader participation in activities outside of the normal organization’s activity. Leaders need to be there, rather than maintaining a distant persona, who can’t relate with the general populace of the group due to their leadership status. Instead leaders need to jump in and participate with the group in activities outside of the daily routine.
The example I saw was a flag football game between departments, on the sideline and on the field leaders from every level were out participating. It was fun, fast and flawed and the camaraderie developed was incredible. It seemed everyone was involved at some level whether playing, coaching or commenting from the sideline.