Stephan De Villiers (LCG, <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/Stedevilian">Twitter</a>) wrote an interesting post at Increment Success blog about character-based leadership.  He quotes Jim Collins:
<blockquote>A Level 5 leader is an individual who blends extremen personal humility and intense professional will.</blockquote>
Stephan uses a slightly different definition of <a href="/tag/character-based-leadership">character-based leadership</a> that we do here at Lead Change.  However, he goes on to talk about the need to question yourself and your motives as a leader.  His areas of questioning include <a href="http://leadchangegroup.com/tag/authentic-leadership">authenticity</a>, <a href="/tag/integrity">integrity</a>, conscientiousness, truthfulness, compassion and accountability; all topics the various authors discuss frequently here.

So check out Stephan's post for some great questions to ask yourself to grow and remain sharp as a character-based leader.