Student Worker Or Student Leader [3B of 7]

This is a continuation of the last Student Worker or Student Leader entry (#3!)...so I'm calling it 3B.  The statements were:

A student worker tries to do it all well.
A student leader realizes what he or she can do well and gets others involved in the areas of his or her weakness.

In a recent conversation with one of my student leaders, we approached this topic from a slightly different perspective then the last entry.  The student leader showed me how he was capable of doing ALL the aspects of the job at a high level of excellence.  His statement to me was that if he were to pass along various responsibilities of the position, that it would be a negative thing in two ways:

1) He feels ultimately responsible for the work that is to be done and feels that he is the best one to do it.  To pass off work would appear that he is shirking his responsibilities.

2) He is the one who can produce the highest level of work.  To pass off the work would lessen the quality.

So you can see the dilemma.  Here we have a situation where a student is placed into a leadership position, but doesn't necessarily need to lead anyone (except himself) and can still accomplish the responsibilities of the job.  So is he really a leader?  I don't think so, I think he's a student worker.

Here's my response:  My desire is to see this student grow in his leadership capabilities.  I feel like investing in and bringing along more people into the tasks of the position would be healthier and more effective than the high level of quality of work.  I'm willing to sacrifice excellence for effectiveness in this instance.

I think the easy way out is to admit that he can do the job, do it well, and not have to rely, teach, equip, or involve others.  But that's not the intention of that position.  It is to be a leader, a facilitator, a gatherer of people toward some common purposes.  In fact, this student and I came to the realization that at certain levels, he operates much better in his gift mix as a student worker than he does as a student leader.  Not necessarily a bad thing, but, not what I'm teaching.

So what about your situation?  Do you have students who struggle to make the leap from worker to leader because they're really good at doing the job?  How do you help them to be more inclusive?