What do you think of when you think of a leader? This blog series is entitled “Women in Leadership and Management” yet we have never really explored what is (or is not) included. So many people define leadership differently; there is absolutely no consensus!
Amazon lists nearly 122,000 books when you search on “leadership.” A Google search for the term yields approximately 468,000,000 “hits.” Google Scholar yields about 2,750,000 options. There are a myriad of courses and degrees focused on leadership. Clearly people like talking about/reading about/writing about/learning about leadership.
Jaana Nyström 
might not fit your visual image of a leader. Jaana doesn’t wear a “power suit” or have hundreds of people reporting to her or control a multi-million dollar (euro) budget. However based on any of the following leadership quotations (which are some of my favorites), Jaana Nyström is unquestionably a leader!
“A leader is someone who has followers.” - Peter Drucker
“If your actions inspire others to dream more, to learn more, do more and become more you are a leader.” - John Quincy Adams
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” - John F. Kennedy
“A leader is a person who guides or directs a group.” - Dictionary.com