title: Leadership. Nature and nurture.
abstract: It takes the right person, willing to do the right thing, to be a leader who transforms relationships into partnerships, plans into actions, and opportunities into achievements. In this excerpt from the book Transformational Leadership, the authors delineate 13 of the characteristics and values attributed to true change-producing leaders.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kohles
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Donaho
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003405:Creativity; D004645:Empathy; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000523:psychology*; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007857:Leadership; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D014481:United States