One can read sometimes on the almost miraculous impact a leader can have on the team’s or organization’s performance. Of course things are more complex than a simple–and hence wrong–idea that it all depends on the personal traits, beginning with charisma. Rather, the key is to understand the leadership process, how a leader shapes and acts on the environment and not on the individuals so that the latter can act by themselves.

But there are real leadership miracles. Watch this one minute video recounted my former Navy Seals, one of the world best special forces.