Leadership is a quality an individual may possess. One can categorize the exercise of leadership as either actual or potential:

* actual - giving guidance or direction, for example: a teacher being a leader to a student, as in the phrase "the emperor has provided satisfactory leadership".
* potential - the capacity or ability to lead, as in the phrase "she could have exercised effective leadership"; or in the concept "born to lead".

Leadership can have a formal aspect (as in most political or business leadership) or an informal one (as in most friendships). Speaking of "leadership" (the abstract term) rather than of "leading" (the action) usually implies that the entities doing the leading have some "leadership skills" or competencies.

The Leaders of JCI Cebu-Mactan Channel make sure to practice the learnings and the teachings from the Vanguard Leader's Course. Always mindful of their members and always able to discern as to when it is the right time to follow and when it is the right time to LEAD.

• The 2009 Officers - Carrying the theme : Be R.E.L.E.V.A.N.T. to Be Better!; the 2009 team is led by Cebu-Mactan Channel's first lady President in Emi Rose S. Remoroza-Parcon.  With an intense mix of youth and vigor in the 2009 BOD, they set to launch programs that not only fuel their passion for the JCI movement but also give justice to JCI Philippines' 2009 Theme of One@61.

• The 2008 Officers - The 2008 Officers of JCI Cebu-Mactan Channel. Tasked to continue the groundbreaking success of the 2007 year. At the helm is Gothong Southern Corporate Services Head Jolex Yu Lim, the 2008 President.