Buffalo, Geese and Leadership

I read this article on a website & found it very thought provoking.....it goes like this...

"The dictionary defines leadership as 'taking others to places they would not normally go.' I prefer to define leadership on a more personal basis: the taking of ourselves to places we would not normally go. Leadership does not need to mean being the boss. Leadership also can mean how well we leverage our functional responsibility as a professional.

That brings us to the buffalo and the goose.

Buffalo travel in herds and there is one leader. What happens when the lead buffalo is eliminated? The herd is in disarray and falls easy prey to its assailants, as you may remember from the movie "Dances With Wolves." However, geese travel in formation and rotate the leadership. That is the point; we all are leaders of our functional responsibility and therefore, need skills not typically developed by our formal training. Incidentally, what would be another term for the formation geese fly in? How about "t-e-a-m?" Geese flying in formation are 71 percent more efficient than when flying solo! We need the skills to be solid team players."

I really hope that u guys found the above article thought provoking too.....any thoughts?