Do people in your organization refer to your ideas or your approach to solve challenges? Do they make an effort to connect with you? Do they listen to you and engage with you? If they do these things that shows that you are setting standards. What is even more important is, if people do that when you are not in a position of authority. It is the hallmark of a true leader that their influence is present even if they are not present.
In that case you stand for something bigger, something that is there even though you are not there. Note this does not depend on your position in the organization! Sure as a Senior Manager you will obviously get more people to listen to you. In that case it is easier because these Managers can use their organizational authority to make you do these things. It doesn't have to come from the heart and you don't have to buy into it. You just have to do it. When you get people to do that even though you have no authority then it is truly remarkable.
