Daddy, what do you do all day? A question to strike fear into the heart of any parent whose job is leadership!  Just how do you explain what you do to an inquisitive child? Some, perhaps, might be able to fall back to describing what they are trying to achieve – the marketing director might say that he tries to get more people to buy a product name that the child might recognise. This doesn’t, however, say anything about what you actually do. Others might say, probably wearily, that they sit in meetings all day. Whilst the intention of this might be to end the line of questioning, it’s actually a lot closer to the truth. When you think about it, this is exactly what leaders do all day; 1:1’s, team meetings, workshops, conferences. The people you meet with change, but at least 80% of most leaders’ lives is taken up with talking to people. If you extend the definition to include the conversations held by email, the proportion is probably well over 90%.  
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