The Kindness of Being Easy to Work With

"I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people."
― Mahatma Gandhi

For the past few weeks, I have been working with someone in another city on an event.  We have never met and do not work for the same organization, but we are professional colleagues.  Our relationship consists of e-mails and telephone calls.  We work together in much the same way that we would if our offices were on the same hallway ― we discuss and exchange ideas, we review and edit each other's work.  Despite the distance, what has been so clear to me is the incredible kindness that she brings to her job and to our relationship.  She is professional, but much more than that ― she is friendly, gracious and generous.  Bottom line:  She is easy to work with― and it is a gift to have a colleague like that.