In our reading for this week, we had the pleasure of being assigned The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner. In this text they not only explain what is expected of leaders, but they also give you assignments to evaluate and stregthen your leadership skills which I found particularly helpful. I would like to narrowly focus on the behavior of leaders. Below I have taken a few quotes I found to be especially useful, not only to become a better leader but to also evaluate the leadership you fall under.

"Leadership is not about personality; it's about behavior."
"It is your behavior that wins you respect."
"Leaders model the way. Exemplary leaders know that if they want to gain commitment and achieve the highest standards, they must be models of the behavior they expect of others."
"Leaders cannot command commitment, only inspire it"
" People follow first the person, then the plan."
"You can't exhort people to take risks it they don't feel safe"


My annotated question is:

How can you help a person in a leadership position understand that "leaders foster collaboration and build trust"? What can you do as a subordinate to ensure that your leaders are "walking the talk" without jeopardizing your position?