Orchestrating the Work of Others.

There's something else about that symphony performance that I've been thinking about,  And that's the role of the conductor.  He was the only person in the context of the evening who didn't play an instrument but still managed to perform.  

And it got me thinking: when else do we perform by actually eliciting performance from others rather than solely focusing on our own performance?

At some point in the past few years, I jotted down this insightful comment which seems to connect with this idea of creating environments where other people can succeed.  

"Stellar teams are invariably made up of quirky individuals who typically rub each other raw, but they figure out with the spiritual help of a gifted leader how to win championships as a team.  At the same time, the best leader is rarely the best pitcher or catcher.  Leaders get the their kicks from orchestrating the work of others, not from doing it themselves."

I wish I could remember where I found that lovely thought, so I could credit the author's smart thinking and nice sentence structure.  Give a holler if its yours, so I can give you a proper shout-out.