GOOD TO GREAT/COLLINS 35-38

37 In looking at the data, we noticed that some of the leaders in our study had significant life experience that might have sparked or furthered their maturation.

A strong religious belief or conversion might also nurture development of Level 5 traits.

....Level 5 leaders are highly prevalent in our society. The problem is not, in my estimation, a dearth of potential Level 5 leaders. They exist all around us, if we just know what to look for. Look for situations where extraordinary results exist but where no individual steps forth to claim excess credit.

38 Whether or not we make it all the way to Level 5, it is worth the effort. For like all basic truths about what is best in human beings, when we catch a glimpse of that truth, we know that our own lives and all that we touch will be the better for the effort.