Loneliness is not a positional issue; it is a personality issue.  There are lonely people at the top, middle and the bottom of an organization.  Being lonely is a choice, not a result of your job.

“Its lonely at the top” means that you are on a mountain looking down on your team – separated, isolated and lonely.  This statement does not go with a Great Leader.

1. No one Ever got to the Top Alone
2. Making it to the Top is Essential to Taking Others to the Top
3. Taking People to the Top is More Fulfilling that Arriving Alone
4. Much of the Time Leaders are Not at the Top

Advice to Lonely Leaders

1. Avoid Positional Thinking
2. Realize the Downsides of Success and Failure
3. Understand That you are in the People Business
4. Buy into the Law of Significance

Lead On!
Sutton

(taken from Leadership Gold of John C. Maxwell)