The foundation for quintessential leadership is building trust and being trustworthy. When teams, business units, organizations, and nations fail, a root cause is a lack of trust and the absence of trustworthiness in the people in leadership positions. Trust and trustworthiness encompass character traits that not only promote loyalty and respect, but also build morale and set an example for those we lead. Whether you lead one person or millions of people, you cannot afford to be without these essential character traits, which are each discussed in practical, "this is what it looks like"...

If you are reading this, you are in a leadership position for someone. Substitute the words "example," "mentor," or "role model," "teacher," "coach," "parent," "grandparent," "aunt," "uncle," "friend," and "neighbor," in addition to the traditional functions associated with leadership positions for the word "leader," and you'll see we all fill leadership positions for the people around us. How are we doing? "The Qualities of Quintessential Leaders" will help us all to answer that question and to find out how to improve and change so that we pass quintessential leadership qualities on to all...