Successful Leaders Are Great Askers

Leading With Character Gives The Wise Leader Clear-cut Advantages. They Are Easier To Trust And Follow; They Honor Commitments And Promises; Their Words And Behavior Match; They Are Always Engaged In And By The World; They Are Open To "reflective Backtalk": They Can Speak With Conviction Because They Believe In What They Are Saying...and Everyone Else Knows That. They Are Comfortable In Their Own Skin. They Feel At Ease In The Spotlight And They Enjoy It There. They Tend To Be More Receptive To Opportunity And Risk.

Leaders Must Earn The Trust Of Their Teams, Their Organizations, And Their Stakeholders Before Attempting To Engage Their Support.

Encourage Dissent: Leaders Should Have Associates Who Have Contrary Views, Who Are Devil's Advocates, "variance Sensors" Who Can Tell Them The Difference Between What Is Expected And What Is Really Happening, Between What They Want To Hear And What They Need To Hear. There Are Too Many Naked Emperors Running Around Today.

Walt Disney, Of All People, Did A Good Job Of Describing His Own Netony. "people Who Have Worked With Me Say I Am 'innocence In Action,'" He Wrote. "they Say I Have The Innocence And Unselfconsciousness Of A Child. Maybe I Have. I Still Look At The World With Uncontaminated Wonder."

Good Leaders Make People Feel That They're At The Very Heart Of Things, Not At The Periphery. Everyone Feels That He Or She Makes A Difference To The Success Of The Organization. When That Happens People Feel Centered And That Gives Their Work Meaning.