The leader knows they set the tone,

the speed, and the work ethic of the team. I have a American friend who had a very successful small business and his profit one year was just over a million dollars. He is an excellent football player and had always dreamed of making it as a professional footballer. Since his business was booming he decided he could devote three or four days a week to his football game so he could go pro. He really had the talent to potentially make it too. The next year while he played his business’s net profit dropped to $300,000. Over Chai he asked me what I thought happened. That was an easy answer. The example left the building to “live his dream.” As soon as he quit work, so did his team. As soon as he cared more about something other than the business, so did his team. As soon as he became apparently apathetic, so did his team. I told him his little football outing was a $700,000 experiment in human behavior and he now had the answer to his question; sell the business to someone who cares about it or go back to work.