Leadership is one of the most debated issues in the business world. Theories come and go and from them approaches and methods to exercise leadership arise, which according to who they come from, are constituted in managerial fashions, but when you face everyday life with people's problems, many of the management recipes fail. Why do they fail? Generally this happens because they dismiss people's culture and beliefs, trying to replace them with corporate norms and procedures. Managing is not the same as leading, we usually encounter problems of the first order, that is, apply management and not leadership. Being a leader goes beyond being successful in the work of leading others for a company, being a leader is committing yourself to those who see in you, a reflection of yourself but to others it gives you confidence to guide you in the face of adversity. In that sense, you are right, leadership is a philosophy of life.
I could not agree more. I think I will write on the difference between leadership and management next because there is a huge difference. There is a situation right now at work that no amount of leadership will help me with, it simply has to be managed, this topic is a beast of its own. Either way, as you confirmed, leadership and (for me) management is a philosophy which never stops changing.
I like your stance on the idea that corporations are pushing corporate values and failing because of it. It is something that I have always believed but always ignored to some degree because I have colleagues who live at work which is their choice and I don't want to take that away from them. I don't think it applies to most people though so we are on the same page there.