There is a difference between managing a journey and planning one. Almost anyone can follow a route once it is drawn — can execute tasks, respond to what comes up, keep things moving. But planning the route before the journey begins — anticipating what could go wrong, deciding which way to go when there are choices, charting the course with incomplete information — that is leadership. A leader who cannot navigate causes harm even when they mean well. They take teams confidently in the wrong direction. They make decisions without accounting for risk. They respond to today's crisis without seeing how it connects to next month's challenge.