As F. G. Rodgers once said "Leadership is the ability of a single individual through his or her actions to motivate others to higher levels of achievement"
This means, according to Rodgers, that a person without the ability to motivate individuals to higher lever of achievements does not have leadership qualities. I do not only agree with Rodgers, but would also add that; a leader is someone who, if he/she does not want to push you to higher levels, must at least maintain the current level of achievement you have done.
The team leader is someone who divides work equally between his team and watches movies.
No no,
The team leader is someone who puts all the load on one member while the rest are watching movies.
No no,
The team leader is someone who puts loads on some people while he and his friends watch some movies or Gos knows what.
Today, my supervisor was able to use the fact that he came early for once to assign me the hardest e-mails from the buttom two days in a row. Very well done. I did check those when I first came but I can do pretty much nothing but finishing the e-mail first :P