A friend of mine told me they bumped into a famous singer. It got me thinking that those people probably aren’t famous because they are exceptionally better at singing than other singers compared to say a woodworker who is exceptionally better than other woodworkers. They’re famous because music is famous and the woodworker isn’t because woodworking isn’t famous. It has nothing to do with their relative skill in their profession. That thought actually made me quite happy with the thought that I could’ve met many people at the apex of their skill and I would just never know.
It’s the same for every figurehead of every org, from politicians to CEO’s. They can make or break a campaign/project entirely on their own, but they can’t do any of it without team(s) of people supporting them, and often the team(s) supporting them are the determining factor in their entire success.