I’m identifying some similarities in leadership as it related to response to some critical community issues.  As I go through my analysis of the five men – Kamau, Michael, Steve, Kyev and Larry – and look for similarities and differences in approaches I am beginning to get clear about how some characteristics are essential for transformative and effective leadership.

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I have to catch myself from falling in the pitfall that I tend to find myself in, thinking that it is the completions of, the eradication of, the whole lifting of completely being the only measure of success.  I will be looking more deeply for traces of the impact of their initiating work and calling attention of issues.