An uncanny aspect of leadership

My friend and co-author Don Martin once mentioned to me that "to get something done, ask a busy person to do it."
In the old days we used to call that "doing a lot of things at once." Now it's called "multi-tasking."
I still like the old phrase.
Leaders will often be focused enough to keep one task at hand while either tackling another situation or recognizing an ability in someone else to be able to get the job done.
If you think about high level leaders they tend to be skilled at perpetuating a balancing act so that they (or their organizations) can become successful at attacking a multi-dimensional world.
Focus, foresight, and seeing the full view of what's in front are traits that seem to serve leaders well.
That's one of the aspects of leadership as I see it. Not the only one...but an important one.