Chapter 15 Leading Out of Your Character When I read a book or hear a sermon, I consider my time well spent if I come away with one good idea. In 1996 Dan Webster, president of Authentic Leadership Inc., spoke to the staff of First Baptist Houston at a leadership retreat. It was a wonderful experience and really too much to take in in just two days. However, out of every good thing he said—and there was much—one idea stayed with me and impacts my life virtually every day. Dan Webster: said, “The