John,

Enjoyed your list of things to cultivate a great leader and emulate great leadership. I particularly enjoyed #1. Robert Greenleaf, author of The Case for Servant Leadership, and Michael O'Brien, author of Profit from Experience, both emphasize the need to be forward-thinking. Complacency is an avoidable part of leadership and it is refreshing to see more lists empowering people to disregard "it works for us now" and involve foresight in daily research and activities.