Leadership, to me, is about being an example for others and for yourself. Trying to be the best leader one can be, whether directly or indirectly, makes someone work toward being the best person they can be.
An example of leadership that I have seen in my life was during my sophomore year of high school and it was with my golf coach. I come from a small school and our golf team was small and usually didn’t have the number to have a full JV and varsity team. My junior year, however, many new people came out to start golfing, many of them had never played before or had played very little and my coach was starting his first year as coach. Throughout the year, he was, alone, managing 15 players, putting together matches, working a full time job at a golf course and through it all he still managed to personally help every player improve their game. He always made time to help players get better or talk to them about how to be more sportsman like or how to stay calm during a close match.
My golf coach was a great example of a good leader because, while he did coach players and make them better, he went out of his way to know every player personally and make them better as a person and a player. He did this, not only directly as a coach, but also my example; he would always keep calm during tough situations and would work to come up with a reasonable solution to problems players, other teams or golf course staff were having. He was also a leader in that he made sure his players were getting better in every aspect of their lives, while he could have just focused on golf, he also went out of his way to help students with school work or family life.