The Basis Of Leadership Is

Effective Leaders Make A Full Commitment To Be A Learner, To Keep Increasing And Nourishing Their Knowledge And Wisdom.

All Of Great Leaders Evidence Four Basic Qualities That Are Central To Their Ability To Lead: Adaptive Capacity, The Ability To Engage Others Through Shared Meaning, A Distinctive Voice, And Unshakeable Integrity. These Four Qualities Mark All Exemplary Leaders, Whatever Their Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Or Race.

Trust Is Difficult To Define, But We Know When It's Present And When It's Not.

Without Character, There Is No Credibility; And Without Credibility, There Is No Trust.

The Most Dangerous Leadership Myth Is That Leaders Are Born - That There Is A Genetic Factor To Leadership. This Myth Asserts That People Simply Either Have Certain Charismatic Qualities Or Not. That's Nonsense; In Fact, The Opposite Is True. Leaders Are Made Rather Than Born.