Balancing leadership roles with the daily grind of managing your business is no small feat. It takes organization, delegation and a strong support team back home. But the skills, insight and connections gained from taking on leadership roles can be invaluable to both you and your business, while at the same time providing important service to the industry. This issue’s cover story interviews five industry leaders about how they balanced managing their businesses with time away from their operations to serve on industry boards, committees and in other leadership positions, along with the insights they gleaned from those experiences to benefit their operations and the organizations they served.