Integrity shows that the leader has the commitment to do the right thing and that the leader is honest which helps build trust. Trust and honesty are very important for a leader which is both expressed by him and his society. As Barack Obama stated in a speech, “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.” (Obama speech, 2006). This quote shows his integrity by stating that trust is very important and he is useless if a trust hasn’t happened. Obama has always shown integrity, he uses this quote to show that he hopes that his society is able to feel the integrity and accepts that he has shown integrity as a leader. This trait is important because it helps keep the society together and always remain in support of the leader and to each other. Yes, many other leaders have also expressed this trait. It is very important to gain the trust of your society because integrity sets the foundations for a successful relationship between the leader and society. Foundations are essential for anything including leadership unless there is a strong foundation there is no hope of success. This trait is essential in the 21rstcentury because not many people trust each other now because of many events that have been taking place around the world, thus integrity can help bring the …show more content…
Leadership is very important for a society to run in a mannerly order. The leader must have the best traits like empathy, passionate, and integrity. These traits can help the leaders succeed from the foundations that they receive from the traits that they have. A better base can help a building be more stable, just like a leader's position and a leader also needs all of his or her trait pillars when it comes to leadership. There are billions of people in this world and when we combine as a group under a leader, we can do more. A leader’s traits are necessary because a leader is necessary to lead a group and help bring a change or do something. We can better understand from the traits that many people want their leaders be trustworthy and honesty, so they can accept them as a leader or reject them as a leader. With these traits a leader can be successful, but what anomaly would it be without any leaders in this world to guide humans towards an