Great leaders don’t build a vision and ask everyone else to simply follow it. They create enough clarity and trust for others to see where they’re going—and enough room for people to contribute their own strengths along the way.

Leadership isn’t about control. It’s about bringing people together around something meaningful and helping them recognize the role they can play in making it happen.

A vision may begin with one person, but its impact grows when others can see themselves in it.

So ask yourself: Is your vision creating followers, or is it creating contributors?

Great leaders provide the direction, build the trust and give others room to help move the vision forward. A vision becomes more powerful when people can see more than where you’re going, they can see where they fit.