The subtitle of my <a href="http://j.mp/14gRmgA" title="The Heart of Leadership by Mark Miller">upcoming book</a> really captures the reason I’m so excited about its release… Becoming a Leader People Want to Follow. If you and I as leaders cannot create followship, we’re not leading at all. John Maxwell says, “If you look around and no one is following you, you’re just taking a walk.”

In The Heart of Leadership, I outline five critical leadership character traits you and I need to cultivate to be the leader people want to follow. Although all the traits are essential, the demonstrated ability to Expect the Best may be the one that correlates most directly with our ability to enlist followers.

How does this “Expect the Best” character trait show up? It can be seen clearly in at least three arenas. <a href="http://greatleadersserve.com/leadership/the-heart-of-leadership-how-full-is-your-glass/" target="_blank">Read more...</a>