We're All In This

I was spending some time researching and reviewing notes this week for upcoming articles, posts and discussions and stumbled across a great line on a comic by Roy Delgado in the Harvard Business Review issue from July-August 2009.  His comic is beautifully drawn, but this image gets the point across too.

"Remember, we're all in this - not together, but we're all in this"

The story of the leader who is only in it with you if all is going well is all too common.  And like the image, we look up at this leader anyway.  It is time to break the bonds that are only fastened with elastic bands, fitting tightly only at the discretion of the leader.....do you have elastic bands?