"Too many of those who have learned how to be excellent leaders don’t step up to the plate when it’s really needed out of fear."

Don - I agree with you about this. I believe the greatest challenge to our world right now is the fear gripping everyone - not just leaders, but everyone who COULD be a leader if they weren't so afraid of failure, shame, poverty, sadness etc. Fear is the biggest inhibitor of leaders' greatest potential - the ability to stand in their personal power and seek meaningful outcomes in the world, large and small. Standing united for a higher good is certainly part of that. Leaders who know their power and are skilled at helping others around them step into their power too, will be the ones to save us. I think this goes beyond just being united in purpose and goes to a willingness to set aside personal ego in the interests of group power and potential.

Thanks for the thought provoking article. Look forward to reading more.

Dana