1. How do you define leadership?
2. What lessons might you learn about leadership if you were mentored by Michelle Obama, the subject of this chapter’s “Leadership Snapshot?”
3. Why do you think Washington chose not to serve a third term? What does this say about his leadership? Use terms from the text.
4. What trait would you say is the most important of the six discussed in the chapter? The least important?
5. Select one of the leaders discussed in the chapter and consider what traits (if any) appear to be absent. Does this suggest that leaders need n possess all six traits in order to be effective?