"Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes... leadership is not magnetic personality - that can just as well be glib tongue. It is not making friends and influencing people - that is flattery. Leadership is lifting a person's vision to higher sights, the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations."
Six years ago, Stephen Covey in The 8th Habit shared some findings from a survey conducted by Harris Interactive that should cause organizational leaders concern.