What does leadership mean to me? Webster defines leadership as a position as a leader of a group, organization, or of a certain people, but leadership goes much deeper than that. A leader is one who is of honesty, integrity, perseverance, and self-discipline. A leader must first be a follower before he or she is able to lead and be teachable in order to teach. Being teachable is not easy to do, but when you have that leader mentality, you are able to take criticism well. Martin Luther King Jr. had to be a sponge and soak up all the knowledge that was offered to him without getting upset for get a math answer wrong, but what he did is picked His head up and kept going. A leadership is also one that sets a good example, and most of all a leader