Leadership is the ability to establish standards and manage a creative climate where people are self-motivated toward the mastery of long-term constructive goals, in a participatory environment of mutual respect, compatible with personal values.
—Michael Vance

The four teenagers sat around the table, voices excited and movements animated as they played a board game. They came from two families, longtime friends gathered for a visit. The play soon became competitive, but not heated. Even a casual listener could hear they were having fun, lots of it.

There was lots of verbal swordplay. A thrust here, a parry in response, an advance from this one, then a retreat from that one. The volume increased but never the temperature. No referee was needed. When one round ended, there was no doubt but that another would be played. The four teenagers stayed at the table for hours.

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