Leadership = Motivation: the follower's view

Of Kouzes-Posner's four-decade survey, Honest is the single most-named quality followers look for, at 85% in The Truth About Leadership (2010). Honest doesn't mean perfect; it means the follower can predict what the leader will say and do because the leader's word matches his action. The Masonic Charge to the candidate names the same expectation as "that uprightness of conduct which alone can distinguish a Mason" — followers register it whether they can name it or not.