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I agree seniority is about scope, but also think that there’s some isomorphic relationship in there.

When you broaden the scope enough, leadership takes over as a crucial tool. Not necessarily leadership in terms of management, but at least in terms of leading by example, thought leadership etc.

It’s near impossible to have company-wide (say of >200 people) impact without any kind of leadership.

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I wholeheartedly agree. There is certainly a correlation between seniority / scope and leadership. And, as you allude to, it is a positive one. My point in #1 was that they are separate entities with their own unique characteristics and I just wanted to emphasize that (despite the fact that the author of the original post has included some relevant leadership expectations in the list).

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