Drawing out the ontological nature of leadership, this paper argues that communion is the essence of leadership that seeks to capture both achieving organizational goals and the leader's and members' need for self-realization. In this paper, we address this issue by employing an in-depth ontological analysis of the notions of communion and purpose in leadership studies. While this analysis exposes the communal dimension of leadership to motivate each other (leader and members) in the community, it does not rescind but transcends the prevalent contemporary definition of leadership based on the leader's outward tendency to influence the members. The framework is built on a progressive ontological approach: from relational leadership as a sensemaking process to communityship as a sense-giving process, until we reach communionship as a sense-sharing process. This study, offering a set of propositions, shows inspiring scholarly and practical implications, suggesting new avenues for further research.